{"id":173200,"date":"2025-09-27T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173200\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:46:07","slug":"bonfim-vs-rude-boy-gets-main-event-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173200\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonfim Vs. \u2018Rude Boy\u2019 Gets Main Event Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A welterweight matchup between rising contender Gabriel Bonfim and veteran Randy Brown has a new home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to a recent report by MMA reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/1971699314423685254\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marcel Dorff<\/a>, Bonfim vs. Brown will no longer take place at UFC Rio on Oct. 11 in Brazil. It was a fight that was supposed to help bolster UFC\u2019s return to Rio de Janeiro, but UFC matchmakers ultimately had other plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The welterweight pair will now be moved over to the upcoming UFC Vegas 111 card on Nov. 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It might seem like a downgrade, especially for a rising Brazilian fighter like Bonfim, but the two will actually headline the event. That should result in even more exposure for Bonfim and give him a chance to capitalize atop his own event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Brown, this ultimately saves him a trip to Brazil and the hassle of fighting in enemy territory. This will also be Brown\u2019s first UFC main event spot after fighting for the promotion for the past 10 years. \u201cRude Boy\u201d is 8-2 in his last 10 trips to the Octagon and could crack the welterweight top 15 with a win over Bonfim this November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think, Maniacs? Does this main event do anything for ya?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stick with Mania for more UFC Vegas 111 fight card news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A welterweight matchup between rising contender Gabriel Bonfim and veteran Randy Brown has a new home. According to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,1647],"class_list":{"0":"post-173200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news","15":"tag-upcoming-ufc-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}