Manuwa leaves UFC São Paulo main event; Muppet now faces Eryk Anders

Anders (left) and Marreta (right) take part in the main fight of the UFC Sao Paulo. Photo: Montagem SL MMA Press

The fight program UFC Sao Paulo has a new main attraction. Englishman Jimi Manuwa, who would face Thiago Marreta in the last fight of the night, he was removed from the card with less than a week to go until the show. In his place, Ultimate acted quickly and called Erik Anders to face the Brazilian. The event has not yet made the change official, but the information was released by the North American website MMA Junkie and confirmed by this report.

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Manuwa's departure from UFC Sao Paulo It is the second casualty in the main fight of the attraction. Initially, the Englishman would face Glover TeixeiraHowever, the Minas Gerais native was injured during preparation and was replaced by Marreta. Now, it was Manuwa's turn to leave the fight program

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Anders x Marreta

North American Eryck Anders has a record of 11 wins and just one loss as a professional. The only setback in his career happened precisely in a main fight in Brazil. At UFC Fight Night Belém, held in February this year, 'Ya Boy' was defeated by Lyoto Machida in the judges' split decision.

In turn, Marreta has a record of 18 wins and six losses. The Brazilian, who is originally part of the middleweight division (up to 84,1 kg.), agreed to move up to light heavyweight (up to 93 kg.) to face Manuwa and will maintain the dispute against Anders in the top division. In his last fight, Thiago won Kevin holland at UFC 227 in early August.

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