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SAO PAULO – Saturday features not one – but two – full UFC cards, on two different continents. Today, the competitors from UFC Fight Night 100’s six-fight main card came face-to-face at a media day promoting the event.
UFC Fight Night 100 takes place at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
Today’s media session took place at the nearby Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel.
In the main event, Ryan Bader (21-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) takes on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (22-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) in a rematch of the pair’s initial 2010 meeting, which Bader won by decision. Bader is currently ranked No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light-heavyweight rankings. Nogueira checks in as an honorable mention.
Also featured in today’s face-offs were bantamweights Thomas Almeida (20-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Albert Morales (6-0-1 MMA, 0-0-1 UFC), strawweights Cortney Casey (6-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Claudia Gadelha (13-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), middleweights Krzysztof Jotko(18-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Thales Leites (26-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC), welterweights Warlley Alves (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Kamaru Usman (8-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), and welterweights Sergio Moraes (10-2-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) and Zak Ottow (14-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
For the most part, the face-offs were rather standard fare, though Brazilian slugger Alves did bring a moment of levity by breaking out a cell phone to snap a quick picture with opponent Usman and UFC Vice President of International Business Development Joe Carr.
Check out the video above to see the staredowns.
And for more on UFC Fight Night 100, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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