After Russian injury, Trator gains new opponent for UFC Netherlands

Tractor will fight in September (Photo: Reproduction/Youtube)

A few days after the Russian Islam makhachev was injured and left the fight against Michel Trator, scheduled for UFC Netherlands, on September 2nd, the organization acted quickly and defined a new opponent for the Brazilian. This is lightweight Mads Burnell, who will make his debut in the organization. The information was given first-hand by the website 'Olimpo MMA'.

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Burnell, 23 years old, has a record of eight wins and just one loss. His most recent performance was in November 2016, when he submitted Brazilian Fernando Duarte in the main fight of Somma 2, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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At 33 years old, Trator is experiencing his best moment in the organization, with four consecutive victories at lightweight. The last of them was against Joshua Burkman at UFC Fortaleza, last March. In Ultimate, there are eight fights, with six victories and two defeats. In total, his record has 22 positive results and two negative results.

In addition to Trator, three more Brazilians are already confirmed for UFC Holanda. The light heavyweights Marcos Foot and Francimar Bodão, who measure forces with the Russian Saparbek Safarov and the rookie Aleksandar rakic, respectively, and Felipe Silva, who faces Mairbek Taisumov, in a fight in the lightweight category. The main fight of the event will be between heavyweights Stefan struve e Alexander Volkov.

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