UFC 283 is slowly building up to being one of the best openers of the year for the UFC.
Mounir Lazzez and Gabriel Bonfim are set to meet at the UFC’s upcoming pay-per-view show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 21.
Lazzez (11-2) won a decision over short-notice replacement Ange Loosa in his most recent octagon appearance this past April, bouncing back from a stoppage defeat to Warlley Alves in January 2021.
The former Brave CF super lightweight (165 pounds) title contender is 2-1 in the UFC at welterweight.
Bonfim (13-0) won the LFA welterweight belt the past March and earned a contract with the UFC by finishing Trey Waters with a Von Flue choke at Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this month.
The 25-year-old Bonfim scored all of his wins by stoppage, including 10 submissions and three knockouts.
UFC 283 will mark the return of the company to Brazil after nearly three years — and first show in Rio de Janeiro since May 2019 — and kick off the new broadcast partnership in the country, leaving Globo for Band and debuting the Fight Pass platform in Brazil.
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