Banha against Sokoudjou / Photo: Josh Hedges
A fourth matchup has been announced for the card to feature at the August 27 UFC Rio show. According to the UFC website, Brazil’s Luiz “Banha” Cane is set to face Bulgaria’s Stanislav Nedkov.
Nedkov, who will be making his UFC debut, is undefeated in MMA with 11 fights on his ledger. The fighter has five knockouts and holds a win over Kevin Randleman. Now Banha has seven fights in the UFC, four of them wins (one by disqualification).
As previously reported by GRACIEMAG.com, the other matches confirmed feature Anderson Silva, Yoshin Okami, Maurício Shogun, Forrest Griffin, Thiago Tavares e Spencer Fisher.
Check out the card as it stands:]
UFC Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 27, 2011
Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami
Maurício Shogun vs. Forrest Griffin
Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
Luiz Banha vs. Stanislav Nedkov