Duel should take place on December 8th (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/Montagem SL)
The UFC 231 card, scheduled for December 8th in Toronto, Canada, is about to feature another 'big' fight. Ultimate is close to making the featherweight duel official Renato Moicano e Chad Mendes for the show, with the intention of leaving the duo as possible 'reserves' for the title dispute between Max Holloway e Brian ortega, which will take place on the same night. The information was given first-hand by journalist Tarso Doria, from the MMA Brasil website.
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Number 4 in the under-66kg division ranking, Moicano comes with a dominant victory over the experienced Cub swanson, last August, just four months after hitting Calvin kattar. At 29 years old, the Brazilian has 13 triumphs, one draw and one setback in his career, precisely in front of Brian ortega. In the UFC, he has five positive results in six fights.
Mendes, in turn, returned to the Octagon in June this year, after serving a two-year suspension for doping. He knocked out Myles Jury in the first round, ending a sequence of two defeats by technical knockout, against Conor McGregor e Frankie Edgar. Former challenger for the featherweight belt on three occasions, the Team Alpha Male athlete has nine victories in 13 fights in the organization.
In addition to Moicano, five more Brazilians are confirmed on the card. Thiago Marreta, Gilbert Durinho, Dhiego Lima, Claudinha gadelha e Carlos Diego Ferreira, who face, respectively, Jimi Manuwa, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Chad Laprise, Nina ansaroff e John makdessi.
UFC 231 CARD (so far):
Feather weight: Max Holloway x Brian ortega
Feather weight: Renato Moicano x Chad Mendes
Fly weight: Valentina Shevchenko x Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Light heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa x Thiago Marreta
Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier x Gilbert Durinho
Welterweight: Chad Laprise x Dhiego Lima
Middleweight: Elias Theodorou x Erik Anders
Straw weight: Claudia Gadelha x Nina ansaroff
Featherweight: Kyle Bochniak x Hakeem dawodu
Light Heavyweight: Devin Clark x Aleksandar rakic
Lightweight: John makdessi x Carlos Diego Ferreira
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