Marajó (left) and Sertanejo will have a rematch in Rio (Photos: UFC/Montage: Super Lutas)
UFC 212, the eighth edition of Ultimate in Rio de Janeiro, will have a rematch of the first show held in the Marvelous City. So featherweight fighters, Iuri Marajó e Felipe Sertanejo They faced each other in the preliminaries, with the first winning. Now, the two will have a second duel, but between roosters, where they both currently meet. The information is from the Combate channel website.
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Sertanejo, who trains with Thomas almeida at Chute Boxe Diego Lima, he is coming off a defeat to Erik Perez, in November last year. Before that, he had submitted Jerrod Sanders in July and Yves Jabouin in August 2015. The São Paulo native had just three fights at bantamweight, with two wins and one loss on his resume in the category.
Marajó has more experience at 61 kg. Number 13 in the division's ranking, the Brazilian has 11 fights among bantamweights, with seven wins, three defeats and one fight without result. Iuri comes from two consecutive victories, surpassing Brad pickett and Luka Sanders by submission. In both victories, he got Performance of the Night bonuses, in addition to Fight of the Night in his last defeat, to Jimmie rivera.
UFC 212 is headlined by the unification of the Ultimate featherweight title between the lineal champion José Aldo and the owner of the interim belt, Max Holloway. Also confirmed for the event is the last fight of the Phenom's career Vitor belfort, who faces Nate Marquardt, as well as other big names like Claudinha gadelha and the debut of the bantamweight Marlon moraes, former WSOF champion.
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