Daniel Sarafian drops to welterweight and meets Kiichi Kunimoto at UFC 174

Ultimate Fighter Brazil alum Daniel Sarafian will be dropping down to the welterweight division at UFC 174 on June 14th in Vancouver and has been booked to face Kiichi Kunimoto.

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The fight booking was announced by The Providence on Tuesday after being informed of the booking by the organization.

UFC 174 will come from Rogers Centre on June 14th and the main event for the fight card has not been announced at this time.

Sarafian (8-4) has lost two of his three official UFC fights and is coming off a defeat against Cezar Ferreira at UFC Fight Night 32. His lone UFC victory took place in June of last year at UFC on FUEL TV 10 as he defeated Eddie Mendez by first round submission.

Kunimoto (16-5-2, 1NC) has won five fights in a row and won his UFC debut in January against Luiz Dutra by disqualification. Prior to entering the UFC, his previous three victories came by submission and two of those wins came in the first round.

The UFC will be releasing more information on this card in the coming weeks, including ticket information.