Fabricio Werdum leaked some details about his next bout. In an interview that needed to be translated in his native Portuguese, he claimed that he will fight Juniors De Santos at UFC 90. Werdum also went on to state that if he emerges victorious, he will then be the next challenger for the heavyweight title.
Meanwhile, Tito Ortiz is reportedly very close to signing a deal with Affliction that will have him face Renato “Babalu” Sobral at its next event on October 11th. A clause in Ortiz’s contract prohibits Affliction from speaking with him until August 4th. It is then that Affliction will likely seal the deal and usher in Ortiz vs. Sobral as its co-main event.
In other news, three U.S. Army fighters stationed at Ft. Bening, Georgia will participate in the AFL’s (American Fight League) September 26th event that will take place in Columbus, Georgia. The event has been billed “A salute to the troops.
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Since his last UFC victory, which came almost one year ago, Renato “Babalu” Sobral has seen his career slip on a downward slide. He was unwelcome back to the UFC after choking out David Heath at UFC 74. But it wasn’t the choking out part that the UFC minded, it was the part where Babalu refused to release the anaconda choke even after Heath had submitted.
The end result rendered Heath unconscious and drew a fine as well as an unpleasant reception from the mma community. Since that time, Sobral has had only one fight while a couple of others were last minute cancellations.
Nevertheless, Sobral will finally get his chance to make good on all the negative publicity that has followed him over the past year. This Saturday, he will take on Mike Whitehead at Affliction: Banned. The fight presents an interesting twist in that Sobral, a submission artist, has not won a bout with the use of strikes in over eight years. Whitehead, on the other hand, has never been submitted. Yahoo Sports dives deeper into the world of Babulu.
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