Stephen Thompson faces Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 in New York

Duel will take place on November 4th (

The UFC 217 card, which will take place on November 4th, in New York (USA), at the legendary Madison Square Garden gym, continues to take shape. This Thursday (17), Ultimate made the fight between Stephen Thompson e Jorge masvidal, valid for the welterweight category (up to 77kg).

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Former challenger for the category belt, Thompson, 34 years old, has not won since June 2016, when he crashed Rory McDonald by points. Since then, he has stepped into the octagon on two occasions, both to face the champion Tyron woodley. The first ended in a majority draw, but in the second he was defeated by majority decision. In total, he has eight triumphs, two setbacks and one draw in the UFC.

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Masvidal is also coming off a defeat: he was surpassed by Demian Maia at UFC 211 last May. Before, after moving to welterweight with a victory over Cézar Mutante and defeats to Ben henderson and Lorenz Larkin, the Cuban-American had won three consecutive victories over Ross Pearson, Jake ellenberger e Donald Cerrone, the last two by knockout. At 32 years old, Gamebred, as he is known, has 14 fights in Ultimate, with nine positive results and five negative results.

Three title fights are confirmed for UFC 217. The Englishman Michael Bisping puts his middleweight belt on the line against Georges St Pierre, who returns to the Octagon after four years inactive, the bantamweight champion cody garbrandt face disaffection TJ Dillashaw and the Polish Joanna Jedrzejczyk will attempt his sixth strawweight title defense against Rose namajunas.

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The Brazilian representatives on the card, so far, are the middleweight Paulo borrachinha, who faces the former welterweight champion John hendricks, and the bantamweight Ricardo Carcacinha, who measures forces with the undefeated Canadian Aiemann Zahabi.