Pezão agrees with UFC and debuts against Roy Nelson

Antonio Pezão (photo) agrees with UFC and debuts against Roy Nelson - Photo: Esther Lin

The Brazilian Antonio Pezão You have a new house! The Brazilian athlete left Strikeforce and is the UFC's new heavyweight. The announcement was made this Wednesday (7) and Pezão already has a date and opponent defined for his debut. The man from Paraíba faces Roy Nelson at UFC 146, an event that takes place on May 26, in Las Vegas, in the United States.

With a record of 16 wins and three losses, Pezão gained worldwide notoriety by dominating the Russian Fedor Emelianenko in the first phase of the Strikeforce GP. On that occasion, the Brazilian won the fight by technical knockout at the end of the second round. In his last performance, however, Pezão left something to be desired. He was surprised by Daniel Cormier, in September, and lost by technical knockout in the semifinals of the Strikeforce tournament.

In its turn, Roy Nelson, who has a professional record of 16 wins and seven losses, is not experiencing the best moment of his career. The winner of TUF 10, the UFC's reality show, the American comes from three defeats in his last four appearances, the last being to Fabricio Werdum in 143.

In addition to Pezão, UFC 146 features another Brazilian heavyweight scheduled for the fight program: Junior Gypsy will put the belt on the line against alistair overeem.

Check out the UFC 146 card so far below:

Junior Gypsy vs. alistair overeem
Frank mir vs. Cain Velazquez
Edson Barboza vs. Evan dunham
Jason Miller vs. CB Dollaway
Dan Hardy vs. Duane ludwig
Jacob Volkmann vs. Paul Sass
Roy Nelson vs. Antonio Pezão
Darren Elkins vs. Diego Brandao
Gabriel Napao vs. Shane del Rosario
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Glover Teixeira

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