Bloody Elbow · Feb 7, 2018
Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oleinik added to UFC 224
With the UFC taking the Octagon back to Brazil for a pay-per-view in May, it is pretty obvious that the card will be beefed up with a lot of Brazilian talent. That began today with the addition of a heavyweight fight between Junior Albini and Aleksei Oleinik.
Albini (14-3, 1-1 UFC) got off to a great start in the UFC with a TKO win over Timothy Johnson, but suffered a setback when he dropped a dull unanimous decision to Andrei Arlovski in November.
Oleinik (52-11-1, 4-2 UFC) had picked up two straight submission wins, the latter coming over Travis Browne, before suffering a TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes at UFC 217 in November.