Douglas Silva de Andrade has begun to make strides toward moving out of the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division’s middle tier.
The 37-year-old Brazilian will confront a significant obstacle when he meets Said Nurmagomedov in a featured UFC on ESPN 39 attraction this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Silva de Andrade climbs into the cage on the heels of back-to-back victories. He last competed at UFC 271, where he put Sergey Morozov to sleep with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their Feb.