Thiago “Pitbull” Alves (19-9) will return to the octagon after 2 years away at UFC on Fox 11, taking on Seth “The Polish Pistola” Baczynski (19-10).
Alves a former Wleterweight title challenger, has not fought since losing to Martin Kampmann in the main event of UFC on FX 2, in March of 2013, by 3rd round submission in a fight that “Pitbull” was winning; while Baczynski is coming off beating Niel Magny by unanimous decision ending a 2 fight skid.
A explosive Middleweight will see Cuban Wrestling expert Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero (7-1) and his 3 straight knockouts clash with the 5 fight win streak of Hawaiian Brad Tavares (12-1). Romero’s 3 straight wins have come in impressive fashion over Clifford Starks, Ronny Markes, and Derek Brunson. 5 straight decision wins for Tavares have come by defeating Dongi Yang, Tom Watson, Riki Fukuda, Bubba McDaniel, and Lorenz Larkin.
Florida’s own Josh Samman (10-2) looks to build off a TKO of Kevin Casey when he meets Brazilian Caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (7-1), who is coming off of consecutive wins over Karlos Vemola (SUB) and Nick Ring (UD).
Lightweight Strkeforce vets will battle as Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (31-17) looks to rebound from back to back decision losses to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Bobby Green, when he squares off with Jorge “Gamebred” Masvial (25-8), who is looking to start a new winning streak after having his 3 fight winning streak ended by a decision loss to Rustam Khabilov.
