Antonio Carlos Junior was supposed to be fighting next week at UFC 227, but the Brazilian will instead get a home fight in late September.
MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz confirmed a report from Combate that the middleweight contender will take on Canadian Elias Theodorou at UFC Sao Paulo on September 22nd. The night’s main card airs live on FS1.
Carlos Junior (10-2, 1 NC) is on a five-fight winning streak, most recently dominating and submitting Tim Boetsch at UFC on FOX 29 in Arizona. “Shoeface” was set to fight Derek Brunson at the aforementioned UFC 227 in Los Angeles, but was removed from the show after Brunson withdrew due to injury.