Middleweights Brad Tavares and Antonio Carlos Junior have verbally agreed to meet in a three-round contest at UFC Brasilia on March 14, multiple sources told MMA Fighting following a report by Combate. Contracts have yet to be signed, sources said.
The Fight Night card will take place at the Nilson Nelson gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil. The other match-up already set for the event features strawweights Paige VanZant and Amanda Ribas.
Tavares (17-6) will travel to enemy territory to attempt to snap a two-fight losing skid, a five-round decision defeat to future 185-pound champion Israel Adesanya and a first-round knockout loss to undefeated middleweight prospect Edmen Shahbazyan.