Bruno Silva will finally make his UFC debut, battling Brazilian middleweight Wellington Turman at the June 19 Fight Night show, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting.
The UFC has yet to officially announce the event and its location.
A former M-1 middleweight champion, Silva (19-6) agreed to face Deron Winn in 2019, but tested positive for boldenone and its metabolite. “Blindado” vowed to prove his innocence, but an independent arbitrator upheld the two-year suspension after ruling its levels “inconsistent” with meat contamination.
Silva signed with the UFC after winning four in a row, three of those in Russian soil.