An intriguing middleweight matchup is in the works for UFC Sao Paulo.
Antonio Carlos Junior and Elias Theordorou have verbally agreed to a bout on the Sept. 22 event in Brazil. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz confirmed an initial report by Combate.
The 28-year old Carlos Junior (13-1, 1 no-contest) has quietly put together one of the hottest runs in the UFC’s 185-pound weight class. The Rio native and American Top Team competitor has won five consecutive bouts, four of which have come via submission. His most recent victory was a first-round rear-naked choke submission of Tim Boetsch at UFC on FOX 29 in Glendale, Ariz.