Brazilian blended martial artist Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida has secured his long-awaited UFC debut, with the promotion reserving him towards Martin Buday at UFC on ABC 9 on July twenty sixth on the Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi.
Buchecha, a 35-year-old 4th-degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner made his MMA debut in 2020 after signing with ONE Championship.
After six fights with the Singapore primarily based promotion, going 5-1, the extremely touted jiu jitsu ace examined free company and can lastly compete contained in the UFC octagon.
Buday is 15-2 and using a two-fight win streak with the UFC.
The cardboard is headlined by former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker assembly former ONE multi-division champion Reinier de Ridder.
