UFC Sao Paulo, which goes down September 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, now has a main event. This main event will occur at light heavyweight, where British knockout artist Jimi Manuwa will collide with dangerous Brazilian star Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n
This bout was announced by UFC Brazil on Twitter.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc_brasil\/status\/1025415736431394816<\/p>\n
This bout will mark Jimi Manuwa’s opportunity to rebound from back-to-back losses: a first round knockout at the hands of Volkan Oezdemir, and a close decision defeat courtesy of Jan Blachowicz. These losses were preceded by beautiful knockouts of top contenders Corey Anderson and Ovince Saint Preux. Jimi Manuwa is currently 17-4 overall.<\/p>\n
Glover Teixeira, meanwhile, will look to rebound from a decision loss to Corey Anderson, which co-headlined UFC Hamburg late last month. This loss was preceded by a stoppage defeat of Misha Cirkunov, and a knockout loss to Alexander Gustafsson. A former UFC light heavyweight title challenger, Teixeira is a strong 27-7 overall.<\/p>\n
UFC Sao Paulo will also feature a number of other exciting fights. Highlights of this surprisingly stacked Fight Night card include a welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, a light heavyweight fight between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Sam Alvey, a women’s bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and Tony a Evinger, a middleweight bout between Elias Theodorou and Antonio Carlos Jr., and lots more.<\/p>\n
Here’s the surprisingly stacked UFC Sao Paulo lineup as it currently stands.<\/p>\n