Marcelo Guimarães debuts in the UFC in July

Jungle Fight middleweight champion still doesn't have a defined opponent

Alexandre Passos

23/03/2012 | 12:36

Businessman Wallid Ismail reported this Friday morning that the middleweight Marcelo Guimaraes He is another Brazilian signed by the UFC.

O champion of Jungle Fight It is scheduled to premiere in July. Wallid also informed that there is still no opponent or event defined for “Magrão’s” first fight at the biggest event in the world.

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Guimarães won the Jungle belt in edition number 31, held in August 2011, by beating Lucas Rota by submission in the second round. In the previous fight, he had beaten Ildemar “Queixinho” Alcântara, brother of the UFC fighter Iuri Marajó.

The signing by the UFC crowns the recovery of the fighter from Espírito Santo, who needed treatment for drug addiction as a teenager. “Magrão” is undefeated in MMA, with 8 wins and a draw in his professional career.

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