Duel between Léo Santos and Aubin-Mercier is removed from UFC 212, in Rio

Aubin-Mercier (left) would face Santos (right) in Rio (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook)

The UFC 212 card, scheduled for June 3, in Rio de Janeiro, will have one fight less than planned. This is because Canadian lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier was injured and left his fight against Leonardo Santos. With no opponent for the Brazilian, Ultimate chose to also remove the Rio native from the event, leaving the show with 12 fights.

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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 acted in October 2016, when he defeated compatriot Adriano Martins on points at UFC 204. Aubin-Mercier, finalist of TUF Nations 1, has seven fights in the company, with five assets and two setbacks. His most recent performance was in the submission victory over Drew dober at UFC 206 last December.

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The main attraction of UFC 212 will be the duel between the featherweight champion José Aldo e Max Holloway, holder of the category's interim title. In addition to the fight for the 66kg belt, another important fight is between the strawweights Claudia Gadelha x Karolina Kowalkiewicz. The 'phenomenon' Vitor belfort There is another one who will be present at the show: he is having his last fight in the organization against Nate Marquardt. Names like Erick silva, Paulo borrachinha, Raphael Assunção, Marlon moraes and Antonio Shoe Face are also confirmed in the attraction.