UFC has chosen to re-book a heavyweight battle between Marcos Rogerio de Lima and Alexander Romanov for Nov. 7 in Las Vegas, different individuals with information on the booking disclosed to MMA Fighting.
The session was initially set for Sept. 5, however was dropped hours before the function after "Pezao" tried positive for COVID-19.
De Lima (17-6-1) is falling off of an 88-second knockout triumph over Ben Sonoli in February, boosting his UFC record to 6-4 with everything except one of his octagon triumphs dropping by stoppage. The Brazilian has ricocheted among wins and misfortunes since 2015.
Romanov (12-0), who had three UFC battles dropped in 2020 for COVID-related issues, got a snappy turnaround after de Lima pulled out from the Sept. 5 card, entering the confine seven days after the fact to submit Roque Martinez with an arm-triangle gag. "Ruler Kong" is 12-0 in MMA with 12 completions.
Thiago Santos will feature the Nov. 7 UFC Fight Night card versus Glover Teixeira, which could figure out who is next in line for Jan Lachowicz's light heavyweight belt.
