UFC Fight Night 70 on June 27 will serve as the live finale for The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4 and former UFC champion Lyoto Machida will reportedly meet Yoel Romero in the main event.
The fight booking was reported by Combate on late Thursday evening and they are also reporting that the event is being moved from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Miami, Florida.
Machida (22-6) is coming off a submission defeat last month against Luke Rockhold and he is 2-2 since dropping to middleweight. He is 5-3 in his last eight fights and his wins at middleweight have come against C.B. Dollaway and Gegard Mousasi. Romero (9-1) is currently on a five fight winning streak and all of those wins have come in the UFC. His most recent win came in September as he defeated Tim Kennedy by TKO.
The UFC Fight Night 70: Machida vs. Romero fight card is below.
Lyoto Machida (22-6) vs. Yoel Romero (9-1)
Erick Silva (18-5, 1NC) vs. Rick Story (18-8)
TBA vs. TBA – TUF Brazil 4 lightweight final
TBA vs. TBA – TUF Brazil 4 bantamweight final
Lorenz Larkin (15-4, 1NC) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (20-2)
Steve Bosse (10-1) vs. Thiago Santos (10-3)
Rani Yahya (20-8, 1NC) vs. Masanori Kanehara (25-11-5)