LokDog returns to the UFC in January to face a top-7 featherweight
Brazil's Vinícius “LokDog” Oliveira will face American Pat Sabatini, seventh in the Meta Ranking, at a Fight Night scheduled for 23 January. It will be his second bout at featherweight, with no venue confirmed yet.
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O gaúcho Vinícius “LokDog” Oliveira já tem data e adversário para voltar ao octógono: ele medirá forças com Pat Sabatini, dos Estados Unidos, em um Fight Night agendado para 23 de janeiro, ainda sem sede confirmada, segundo o canal ‘Laerte Viana na Área – MMA’.
Será o segundo compromisso de LokDog nos pesos-penas (66 kg). Ele abriu mão do desgastante corte de peso nos galos (61 kg), divisão em que estava no top 15, e estreou na nova categoria ao nocautear Andre Fili, veterano da divisão, no UFC Vegas 119.
Sabatini é o sétimo colocado no Ranking Meta — ranking montado por inteligência artificial — e chega embalado por quatro vitórias seguidas. Um triunfo sobre o americano pode acelerar a ascensão do brasileiro e colocá-lo na rota do top 10 da divisão.
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