UFC announces three new fight bookings for UFC Fight Night 58

The UFC has added three new fights to the UFC Fight Night 58 card in Brazil with the bouts being Patrick Cummins vs. Antonio Carlos Junior, Charlie Brenneman vs. Leandro Silva, and Rashid Magomedov vs. Elias Silverio.

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All three fight bookings have been announced by the UFC over the past 24 hours.

UFC Fight Night 58 is expected to come from the Jose Correa Arena in Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 20th and will be headlined by Lyoto Machida facing C.B. Dollaway in a middleweight bout.

Cummins (6-1) has won back to back fights after dropping his UFC debut to Daniel Cormier. His most recent victory came in July as he defeated Kyle Kingsbury by unanimous decision. Carlos Junior (4-0) was the heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 as he defeated Vitor Miranda in the final. Prior to entering the UFC, all of his victories came by submission in the first round.

Brenneman (19-7) came back to the UFC at the beginning of the year and has lost both of his fights since coming back. Both of the defeats have come by stoppage, with the most recent defeat coming in April against Danny Castillo. Silva (16-2-1) initially entered the UFC last year and after winning five straight, he was signed back to the promotion. His return came last month at UFC Fight Night 51 and lost a decision to Francisco Trinaldo.

Magomedov (17-1) is currently on a ten fight winning streak and his last two wins have come in the UFC. Both of his victories in the UFC have come by decision and his last win came against Rodrigo Damm in May. Silverio (11-0) made his debut last year in the UFC and has gone 3-0 in the promotion. Two of his three wins in the UFC have come by decision and he will enter this fight following a submission victory against Ernest Chavez.

The current UFC Fight Night 58: Machida vs. Dollaway fight card is below.

Lyoto Machida (21-5) vs. C.B. Dollaway (15-5)
Igor Pokrajac (25-11, 1NC) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (12-2-1)
Patrick Cummins (6-1) vs. Antonio Carlos Junior (4-0)
Charlie Brenneman (19-7) vs. Leandro Silva (16-2-1)
Rashid Magomedov (17-1) vs. Elias Silverio (11-0)