Heavyweights Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta are anticipated to fulfill on the upcoming UFC Shanghai card scheduled on Aug. 23 in China.
Multple folks with information of the promotion’s plans confirmed the information to MMA Combating on Wednesday with agreements in place from each fighters. The battle was first reported by MMA Latino America.
Following a troublesome two-fight skid together with a loss in an interim heavyweight title battle, Pavlovich acquired again on observe with a call win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik again in February. Previous to his two losses, Pavlovich had rattled off six straight wins — all by knockout — together with victories over Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis.
Now Pavlovich seems to construct a brand new win streak when he returns to motion in August whereas dealing with a rising contender within the division with Cortes-Acosta looking for his sixth consecutive victory in a row.
The 33-year-old heavyweight at the moment sports activities a 7-1 report general within the UFC, which incorporates his most up-to-date win over Serghei Spivac at UFC 316. Cortes-Acosta makes an attempt to construct on that momentum when faces the heavy-hitting Pavlovich in August.
The UFC Shanghai card was beforehand introduced with mild heavyweights Zhang Mingyang and Johnny Walker at the moment rumored as the principle occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report
