the retirement of Gabriel Napao lasted less than eight months. After announcing his retirement from the sport in October 2010, the Tupiniquim black belt is back fighting. This Monday, the Brazilian was announced on the W-1 Reloaded card, an event that is scheduled to take place on October 15th, in Miami, in the United States. Napão's opponent will be veteran Jeff Monson
With a professional record of 11 wins and six losses, Napão surprised the world when he knocked out Croatian Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 70, in 2007. With the triumph, the fighter from São Paulo gained the chance to challenge for the UFC heavyweight belt, but ended up being surpassed by the legend Randy Couture. After a bad phase, where he accumulated two consecutive defeats, the last being to Brendan Schaub At UFC 121, Gabriel announced his retirement from the sport, but he came back and returned to competition.
In turn, Monson has a record of 42 wins and 12 losses. The 40-year-old American is on a run of eight wins in his last nine appearances. However, in his last fight he was overcome by Daniel Cormier in the unanimous decision of the judges at Strikeforce, which took place in June this year
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