According to MMA Fighting the UFC has booked a welterweight bout for April 16 that, on paper, promises a lot of action. The potential fireworks are scheduled to come courtesy of Elizau Zaleski dos Santos and Mounir Lazzez.
Zaleski had a seven UFC fight win streak snapped in 2018 when he lost to Li Jingliang. During his winning streak the Brazilian scored a number of sensational knock outs, including a wheel kick finish of Sean Strickland and a flying knee against Luigi Vendramini.
After his loss to Li, ‘Capoeira’ regrouped with a win over Alexey Kunchenko on the UFC’s first ever empty stadium show (UFC Brasilia during the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic).