Official UFC Japan poster (Photo: Disclosure)
Ultimate finally showed MMA fans the official poster for UFC Japan, an event that will take place at the legendary Saitama Arena, on September 22nd. The arena, which was used in some of the biggest events in Pride history, will host one of the main names of that time: Brazilian Mauricio Shogun, who was once the light heavyweight champion of both organizations, faces Ovince St Preux in the main fight.
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The duel will be a rematch of the first meeting between the Brazilian and the Haitian, which took place in Uberlândia, in November 2014. On that occasion, OSP silenced the Brazilian fans by knocking out Shogun in the first round. However, the two arrive at the second fight at different times. The former champion comes from three consecutive victories, lining up Rogério Minotouro, Corey anderson e Gian Villante – the three triumphs took place in Brazil. St. Preux has just one victory in its last four fights. He comes from triumph over Marcos Foot, after losing to Jon Jones, Jimi Manuwa and Volkan oezdemir.
In addition to the main fight with Shogun, Brazil will also be represented in the second most important fight of the night: the two main Brazilian strawweights will face each other for a chance at the title, with Claudinha gadelha trying to maintain the pace of victories over Jessica Andrade, which comes from a defeat to the champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 211. Other Brazilians in action will be Luiz Henrique da Silva, who faces kickboxer Gokhan Saki, and Jussier formiga who measures forces against Ulka Sasaki.
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