A lightweight bout is slated to take place at November’s UFC Fight Night 77 in Brazil as Ultimate Fighter Brazil alum Yan Cabral meets Johnny Case.
The fight bookings were recently announced by the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 77 will come from Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 7 and will be headlined by a trilogy bout between Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson.
Cabral (12-1) has gone 2-1 in the UFC after entering the promotion following The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2. He is coming off a submission win at UFC 179 last year against Naoyuki Kotani and this will be his first fight in 2015. Case (21-4) is currently on an eleven fight winning streak and three of those wins have come in the UFC. His most recent win came in June against Francisco Trevino at UFC 188 and this will be his third fight in 2015.
The current UFC Fight Night 77: Belfort vs. Henderson III fight card is below.
Vitor Belfort (24-11) vs. Dan Henderson (31-13)
Gilbert Burns (10-0) vs. Rashid Magomedov (18-1)
Gleison Tibau (33-11) vs. Abel Trujillo (12-6, 1NC)
Matheus Nicolau Pereira (10-1-1) vs. Bruno Rodrigues (4-0)
Yan Cabral (12-1) vs. Johnny Case (21-4)