Stepping back inside the Octagon after proving his innocence in a USADA case earlier this year, de Lima will also be moving up to the heavyweight division. “Pezao,” who joined the company after competing as a heavyweight on TUF Brazil in 2014 and stopped Richardson Moreira in just 20 seconds in his debut, cut down to light heavyweight immediately after that and went 3-3 over his next six bouts.
After feeling miserable in his last few weight cuts, and coming in way over the limit for his fights against Jeremy Kimball (209.