There will be two UFC Fight Night events at the UFC APEX in between UFC 321 and UFC 322, and per the UFC<\/a> the second of those cards on November 8 will officially be headlined by a welterweight bout between Bonfim and Brown.<\/p>\n Currently sitting at #14 in the UFC welterweight rankings, Bonfim joined the promotion as an unbeaten talent when he defeated Trey Waters via first-round Von Flue choke on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> in 2022. <\/p>\n READ MORE: Dana White backs UFC’s long-term success in hard-hitting ’60 Minutes’ CBS special<\/a><\/p>\n The Brazilian improved his professional record to 15-0 with another pair of submissions before running into Nicolas Dalby, who finished Bonfim with strikes late in the third round of a \u201cFight of the Night\u201d-winning matchup a UFC Sao Paulo. \u201cMarretinha\u201d rebounded with wins over Ange Loosa and Khaos Williams before being given a major step up against two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen \u201cWonderboy\u201d Thompson in the co-main event of last year\u2019s UFC Nashville. <\/p>\n Gabriel Bonfim (red gloves) reacts after his fight against Ange Loosa (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Ball Arena. \/ Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n A contentious split decision over Thompson<\/a> didn\u2019t exactly endear Bonfim to MMA fans, but it did allow the 28-year-old to break into the welterweight rankings and set up his first UFC main event opportunity on November 8.<\/p>\n A member of the UFC roster since 2016, Brown experienced mixed results through the first few years of his Octagon career before he submitted Alex Oliveira in 2021 to kick off what became a four-fight win streak. <\/p>\n READ MORE: Joe Rogan has brutal outlook on Dricus du Plessis regaining UFC title<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cRude Boy\u201d had his winning run snapped by current UFC Welterweight Champion Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 284 but rebounded with three-straight victories, one of which was a \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d-winning knockout of Muslim Salikhov in early 2024. After dropping a split decision to Bryan Battle, Brown stopped Bonfim\u2019s former opponent Dalby in April and earned another post-fight bonus<\/a> when the bout was named \u201cFight of the Night\u201d for UFC Kansas City.<\/p>\n Randy Brown (red gloves) reacts after defeating Nicolas Dalby (not pictured) during UFC Fight Night at T-Mobile Center. \/ William Purnell-Imagn Images<\/p>\n Slotting Bonfim and Brown in as the UFC Vegas 111 main event will likely raise even more eyebrows than the recent news that a matchup between ranked featherweights Steve Garcia and David Onama will headline the previous week\u2019s card<\/a> on November 1, and there\u2019s still plenty of room on the November 8 card for the UFC to book some additional fights.<\/p>\n \u2022\tMain Event: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Randy Brown<\/p>\n \u2022\tMayra Bueno Silva vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti<\/p>\n \u2022\tTecia Pennington vs. Denise Gomes<\/p>\n \u2022\tRicky Simon vs. Raoni Barcelos<\/p>\n \u2022\tAustin Bashi vs. Jamall Emmers<\/p>\n \u2022\tDarya Zheleznyakova vs. Luana Santos <\/p>\n \u2022\tAdrian Yanez vs. Christian Quinonez<\/p>\n \u2022 Fighters slug it out in wild MMA brawl that ends with brutal walk-off KO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 JDM sees legendary potential with UFC 322 super fight against Islam Makhachev at MSG<\/a> <\/p>\n \u2022 Incredible lightweight fight joins stacked UFC 322 lineup for Madison Square Garden<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Heavyweight MMA fighter provides explanation for viral one-second tap out<\/a><\/p>\n Stick with MMAKnockout<\/a> for more FREE coverage of the UFC and MMA.<\/p>\n Follow MMAKnockout on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the final UFC Fight Night cards of the year will feature first-time headliners Gabriel Bonfim and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-177584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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