The 27-year-old Brazilian will look to further his cause in the welterweight division when he faces Kalinn Williams in a UFC Vegas 102 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex.
prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Bonfim owns a 3-1 record inside the Octagon. He last saw action at UFC on ESPN 59, where he rebounded from a technical knockout defeat to“I was coming off a loss, so I had to give my best without taking too many risks,” he told Sherdog.com. “We chose an intelligent game—to fight at distance while defending takedowns. He’s a very good and experienced fighter who’s also strong, I was able to win. I needed that. A lot has changed in my game.
Williams presents plenty of challenges as one of the heaviest hitters in the 170-pound weight class. The 30-year-old Murcielago MMA product has delivered more than half of his 15 professional victories by knockout or technical knockout, three of them inside of a minute. Williams last competed on May 18, when he punched out“He’s an aggressive fighter who keeps moving forward,” Bonfim said. “His technique isn’t very high, and from what little I saw of his ground game, it seems pretty basic.
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