A year ago, UFC heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga was semi-retired from Mixed Martial Arts after losing back-to-back bouts inside the Octagon and had little hope where a return to the infamous eight-sided cage was concerned. However, after changing his mind and giving it another go, Gonzaga has gone 2-0 including an opening round choke of Ednaldo Oliveira at UFC 142 in front of his fellow Brazilians.
Gonzaga will have a chance to make it 3-0 this October 13 at UFC 153, a card also scheduled for Rio de Janeiro, where he?ll talented newcomer Geronimo dos Santos.
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The bout was first reported by TATAME. A meeting between Chris Camozzi-Luiz Cane was also announced by the UFC in relation to the event.
?Napao? is 13-6 in his career with his most notable win involving a high-kick knockout of Mirko Filipovic.
Comparably, Dos Santos has won his last ten fights and holds an overall record of 31-14. The powerful 31-year old has finished 29 of the foes he?s felled including twenty TKOs and nine submissions.
UFC 153 is headlined by featherweight title-holder Jose Aldo putting his belt on the line against Erik Koch and also features Vitor Belfort-Alan Belcher and Glover Teixeira-Quinton Jackson.
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