St. Preux (left) catches Latifi (right) in Charlotte (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc)
After a discouraging start to the year, with the third defeat in a row against the then unknown Volkan oezdemir, Ovince St Preux he turned the tide throughout 2017 and will start 2018 looking for his fourth victory in a row. Number five in the light heavyweight ranking, the Haitian faces Ilir Latifi, ninth placed, in the UFC Charlotte, scheduled for January 27th. The fight was announced by Ultimate himself through his social networks.
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After the setback to the Swiss, OSP put together an impressive streak of three straight victories, all by interruption. In April, he submitted the Brazilian Marcos Foot with a Von Flu Choke, the same finish used to erase Yushin Okami in the main fight of UFC Japan, in September this year. Just over a month after his triumph in Saitama, St. Preux returned to the octagon for the historic UFC 217 and knocked out Corey anderson with a beautiful high kick, which earned him a bonus of US$ 25 thousand, shared with the Brazilian Ricardo Carcacinha, which had been deleted Aiemann Zahabi with a spinning elbow.
Ilir Latifi, in turn, has not fought since the beginning of September, when he ended the unbeaten record of Tyson Peter, beating the Australian by unanimous decision. With the victory, the Swede recovered from the tough knockout he suffered against Ryan bader in September last year. The setback for the current Bellator champion interrupted “Sledgehammer’s” old streak of three consecutive victories.
In addition to the duel between light heavyweights, Ultimate made another big fight official for the UFC Charlotte on January 27th. Brazilian Juliana “Ju Thai” Lima tries to recover in the face of Randa markos, as the Canadian herself had already announced. Ju Thai is coming off a submission defeat to Tecia torres, in July, while Markos lost an even fight against the promising Mexican Alexa grasso, In August.
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