Brazilian slugger Luiz Cane will fight on his home soil against undefeated UFC newcomer Stanislav Nedkov in Brazil. The pair meets in a light-heavyweight contest on the UFC: Rio card according to UFC.com. UFC: Rio takes place Aug. 27th at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro and will feature a Middleweight title main event between Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami.
Luis “Banha” Artur Cane Jr. (11-3)
Win Eliot Marshall – TKO (Punches) UFC 128
Loss Cyrille Diabate – TKO (Punches) UFC 114
Loss Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – TKO (Punches) UFC 106
Stanislav Nedkov (11-0)
Win Augustin Helgiu – Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) BMMAF
Win Kevin Randleman – Decision (Split) Sengoku 11
Win Travis Wiuff – TKO (Punches) Sengoku 8
Aug 27th, live on Pay-per-view from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami
Mauricio Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Edson Barboza vs. Takanori Gomi
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher