UFC Fight Night 61 Coming Together

The UFC’s 1^st trip to Brazil in 2015 will come on February 22^nd, and is reportidley going to be headlined by former UFC Light Heavyweight champion “Suga” Rashad Evans (19-3-1) meeting Brazilian slugger Glover Teixeira (22-4). This news was first reported by Brazilian news outlet Globo.

Evans was sidelined by injury all of 2014 last competing and defeating Chael Sonnen at UFC 167 by 1^st round TKO. For the TUF season 2 the TKO was his 7^th of his career and his 2^nd straight win after consecutive losses.

Teixeira won 20 fights in a row, which led to a date with Jon Jones at UFC 172 which ended in the same way as his most recent bout vs. Phil Davis ended in a unanimous decision loss. Teixeira will look to get back to he form that saw him finish 20 fights with 13 (T)KO and 6 submissions.

Also on the card is former MFC Middleweight champion Sam Alvey (24-6) vs. TUF Brazil Season 1 winner Cezar Ferreira (8-3). Alvey is coming off a 1^st round KO of Dylan Andrews, while Ferreira is coming off a unanimous decision Andrew Craig.

Coming off a 6 fight win streak having been ended by a submission loss to Benson Henderson, Rustam Khabilov (17-2) will look to start his new winning streak against Adriano Martins (26-7) who has won 7 of 8 coming off a 1^st round knock out of Juan Manuel Puig.

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