A 145lbs bout between UFC newcomers Diego Rivas (5-0) and Rodolfo Rubio (12-6) has been added to UFC Fight Night 56.
The featherweight’s who appeared on season 1 of TUF: Latin America, saw 22-year old Team Werdum member Rivas, suffer a submission loss in the opening round to Gabriel Benitez and 27-year old Rubio who represented Team Velasquez lose to teammate Yair Rodriguez in the quarterfinal’s.
UFC Fight Night 56 takes place Nov. 8 at Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The official UFC Fight Night 56 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD
Mauricio Rua vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Francimar Barroso vs. Ovince Saint Preux
John Lineker vs. Ian McCall
Warlley Alves vs. Alan Jouban
Nina Ansaroff vs. Juliana Lima
PRELIMINARY CARD
Diego Rivas vs. Rodolfo Rubio
Leon Edwards vs. Claudio Silva
Caio Magalhaes vs. Trevor Smith
Dhiego Lima vs. Pawel Pawlak
Charlie Brenneman vs. Leandro Silva
PRELIMINARY CARD
Thomas Almeida vs. Tim Gorman
Colby Covington vs. Wagner Silva
