Natan Schulte is one of the Brazilians in the $1 million Professional Fighters League race.
He faces former Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Chris Wade on Thursday in the first round of the lightweight regular season, which is decorated with top-class mixed martial artists Luiz Buscape, Thiago Tavares, Will Brooks, Brian Foster and Ramsey Nijem. A favorite of the category, Russian Rashid Magomedov suffered an injury and was replaced by another big show veteran in Efrain Escudero. "There are several athletes in the format, and those coming from the UFC are the favorites.