Matt Brown faces Diego Sanchez at UFC Norfolk in November

Duel will take place on November 11th (Photo: Reproduction/Disclosure/UFC)

the card of UFC Norfolk, scheduled for November 11th in the United States, continues to take shape. After the announcement of the show's main fight, one more fight was confirmed: veterans Matt Brown and Diego Sanchez face each other in a duel valid for the welterweight category (up to 77kg). The information was confirmed by Ultimate itself.

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Brown is going through a terrible phase, having lost five of his last six fights, three of them in a row. His most recent performance was in December 2016, when he ended up being knocked out by Donald Cerrone. At 36 years old, he has 13 positive results and ten negative results in the organization.

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Sanchez, in turn, has been alternating victories and defeats in his last six fights, the last of which was the knockout suffered against To the fifth, in April this year, as a lightweight. Interestingly, Diego is, alongside Kenny Florian, one of the only ones to have worked in four different divisions in the UFC – featherweight (up to 66kg), lightweight (up to 70kg), welterweight (up to 77kg) and middleweight (up to 84kg). TUF 1 champion, Nighmare has 16 wins and ten setbacks at home.

Three Brazilians are already confirmed on the card. The medium heavy Rogério Minotouro and Marcel Fortuna, who faces Jared Cannonier e Jake collier, respectively, and the average weight Cezar Mutant, champion of TUF Brazil 1, who faces veteran Nate Marquardt. The main fight will be between lightweights Anthony Pettis e Dustin poirier.

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