Minotouro faces Tito Ortiz at UFC 140

Recovering from a shoulder injury that kept him out of UFC 133, the Brazilian Rogerio Minotouro He already has a set date and opponent to return to the most famous octagon in the world. The Brazilian athlete faces the veteran Tito Ortiz at UFC 140, an event that takes place on December 10th, in Toronto, Canada.

Since his debut in Ultimate, in November 2009, Minotouro accumulated two victories in his first appearances, but later ended up losing in sequence to the North Americans Ryan bader at UFC 119, and Phil Davis at UFN 24. In turn, Tito Ortiz He is going through a delicate moment in his career. The “Bad Boy from Huntington Beach” came from a streak of five fights without winning and was considered the underdog in the fight against Ryan bader at UFC 132, but the former light heavyweight champion surprised the young revelation and submitted his opponent with a guillotine choke. But after the triumph, Tito agreed to replace the injured player Phil Davis with just three weeks left until UFC 133 and ended up defeated by Rashad evans. Now, both athletes need victory to remain in the organization.

UFC 140 also brings something interesting, as the main attraction of the night will be the rematch between the heavyweights Frank mir e Rodrigo Minotauro, being the first time that the twin brothers Minotauro and Minotouro will be in action in the same Ultimate event.

Check out the UFC140 card so far:

Frank mir vs. Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira;

Tito Ortiz vs. Rogério ”Minotouro” Nogueira;

Brian Ebersole vs. Rory McDonald;

Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick;

Dennis Hallman vs. John makdessi;

John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke