UFC GLENDALE FIVE BRAZILIAN WATCH

Poirier (left) and Gaethje (right) are in the main fight of UFC Glendale. Photo: Reproduction / YouTube

The Arizona desert (USA) promises to boil this Saturday (14) with UFC Fight Night Glendale. The show features a program with 14 fights and five Brazilians in action. In the main fight of the night, Dustin poirier, fifth placed in the lightweight rankings, faces Justin gaethje, sixth in the classification.

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Brazil will be represented at the show by Alex Cowboy, who faces the former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit on the main card. In the preliminary program, Antonio Shoe Face measures forces against Tim Boetsch; Wilson reis faces John Moraga; Gilbert Durinho will face Dan Moret and Dhiego Lima duel against the veteran Yushin Okami.

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Poirier x Gaethje – the climb to the top

The main fight of UFC Glendale promises excitement. In the duel of Dustin poirier e Justin gaethje, respectively ranked fifth and sixth in the lightweight rankings, the winner could get close to the dream top-3 in one of the UFC's most competitive divisions.

Poirier, who has a record of 22 wins and five losses, hasn't known what it's like to lose since 2016 and has only one setback in his last eight fights. With Conor McGregor facing problems with justice and Tony Ferguson With a serious knee injury, the American could jump the line and become the first challenger for the Russian's belt Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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On the other hand, Gaethje seeks rehabilitation. The former WSOF champion debuted in the UFC with a sensational victory over Michael Johnson, in July 2017, but suffered his first career setback against former champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 218 in December. With morale in the event for enduring a lot of punishment and proportional great fights, 'The Highlight', as he is known, would be a great candidate to jump the queue for the title, in case of triumph.

Alex Cowboy faces former champion Carlos Condit

Cowboy (photo) faces Condit. (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc_brasil)

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The fight scheduled for UFC Glendale would be a dispute between Carlos Condit and Matt Brown, but a hand injury took the 'Immortal' out of contention. The Brazilian Alex Cowboy He promptly accepted the Ultimate invitation and, even without preparation time, will face the former interim welterweight champion.

Cowboy enters the duel after having fought a real war against Yancy Medeiros, in December 2017. Despite the setback against the Hawaiian, the Brazilian came out stronger with the 'fight of the night' award.

Before the defeat, Alex was experiencing his best moment in the octagon with five fights without losing. With an extremely fierce style, the Brazilian doesn't run away from the fight, he moves forward the entire time and can create complications for the former champion.

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If on the one hand Cowboy is the typical fighter who doesn't run away from the fight, Condit is an extremely technical rival with greater skill in all areas of fighting. Despite not going through a good phase – he has lost four in his last five fights – the American does not hide his desire to recover at UFC Glendale. Condit currently occupies 12th place in the welterweight rankings and has a record of 30 wins and 11 losses.

Cara de Sapato with an eye on the rankings against Boetsch

Shoe (photo) with an eye on the top-15 middleweights. Photo: Reproduction / Instagram

Looking to enter the middleweight rankings, Antonio Shoe Face has accumulated four victories in a row and arrives ready to face Tim Boetsch tonight.

The winner of TUF Brasil 3 is infinitely superior in ground fighting – where he was world jiu-jitsu champion – but he will need patience to take down the North American, who has a good wrestling base. Furthermore, the Paraíba native needs to be careful with his rival's dangerous right.

In case of triumph, Shoe Face should debut in the top-15 of the middleweight division.

More Brazil

In addition to Cowboy and Shoe Face, Brazil will have three more representatives on the UFC Glendale card:

Wilson reis reached the highest point of his career when he fought for the belt against Demetrious Johnson, in April 2017. After being submitted by the champion, the Minas Gerais native returned to the octagon in September and was overcome this time to Henry Cejudo. Sixth placed in the flyweight rankings, Reis needs a victory against John Moraga to return to the top-5 in the category.

After being cut from UFC Orlando, in March, due to problems during weight cutting, Gilbert Durinho struggled to reach the lightweight division limit this Friday. But after confirming the duel against newcomer Dan Moret, the jiu-jitsu black belt is looking for his second consecutive victory on the show. The fighter from Niterói has a record of 12 wins and two losses and comes from a triumph over Jason Saggo, in September 2017.

Finalist of the 25th edition of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF 25), Dhiego Lima He lost the final of the reality show in July 2017 and has not returned to the octagon since. With a record of 12 wins and six losses, the Goiás player needs a victory over the veteran Yushin Okami to stay in the event.