Leonardo Santos faces Aubin-Mercier at UFC 212, in Rio de Janeiro

Léo (left) faces Aubin-Mercier (right) in Rio de Janeiro (Photos: UFC/Montage: Super Fights)

Another Brazilian is confirmed on the UFC 212 card, which takes place on June 3, in Rio de Janeiro. This is lightweight Leonardo Santos, who faces Canadian Olivier Aubin-Mercier. The information is from the website 'Combate.com'.

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TUF Brazil 2 Champion, Leo Santos is undefeated in Ultimate, with five wins and one draw. With a sequence of four positive results, he last played in October 2016, when he defeated compatriot Adriano Martins on points at UFC 204. At 37 years old, he has a record with 16 wins, three setbacks and one draw.

Aubin-Mercier, 28, also comes from an edition of The Ultimate Fighter. He was a finalist in TUF Nations 1, when he ended up being defeated by Chad Laprise in the season finale. In the UFC, he lost two and won five, the most recent against Drew dober at UFC 206 last December. In total, there are nine wins and two defeats on their record.

UFC 212 will have as its main fight a featherweight title unification duel: the linear champion José Aldo faces the owner of the interim belt Max Holloway. A middleweight fight between former champion Anderson Silva and the prodigy Kelvin Gastelum, plus a fight between straws Claudinha gadelha e Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

UFC 212 CARD (so far):

Feather weight: José Aldo x Max Holloway

Straw weight: Claudia Gadelha x Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Average weight: Anderson Silva x Kelvin Gastelum

Welterweight Weight: Erick silva x Yancy Medeiros

Lightweight: Leonardo Santos x Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Bantamweight: Johnny Eduardo x Mathew Lopez

Bantamweight: Marco Beltrán x Deiveson Alcântara

Middleweight: Antonio Shoe Face x Eric Spicely

Average weight: Paulo borrachinha x Oluwale Bamgbose