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Alex Oliveira happy to 'open the card' for Ronda Rousey’s return, but picks Amanda Nunes to win at UFC 207

Stepping inside the UFC Octagon for the fourth time in 2016, Alex Oliveira is honored to be part of the event that will mark the return of Ronda Rousey.

Rousey hasn’t fought since November of 2015, when she lost the UFC bantamweight championship to Holly Holm, and challenges current champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of UFC 207 on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas.

“Cowboy" Oliveira, who faces Tim Means in the preliminary portion of the card at the T-Mobile Arena, says that one of the things that got him pumped up for the fight is the fact that he will be able to watch Rousey compete after his fight.