Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Victor Hugo Silva will be one of three first-time Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors on the docket this Saturday in Brazil.
in a three-round bantamweight prelim this Saturday at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silva, 29, enters the cage as a short-notice fill-in forand does so on a remarkable 13-fight winning streak that now spans more than nine years. He punched his ticket to the UFC onwith a second-round kneebar and improved to 24-4. The seasoned Brazilian has delivered 17 of his 24 career victories by knockout, technical knockout or submission.Silva draws Marcos in his first UFC assignment.
Fernandes, 28, moved to 8-1 at LFA 154, where he buriedwith a head kick a cool 45 seconds into their March 10 pairing. It was the third sub-minute finish of his nine-fight career. Diakiese, meanwhile, has yet to establish a firm foothold in his seven-plus years on the UFC roster. The former British Association of Mixed Martial Arts champion last appeared on July 22, when he succumbed to a brabo choke fromin the second round of their UFC Fight Night 224 battle.
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