The UFC was forced to find a new opponent for Alexander Yakovlev in Russia, and the company has signed a Brazilian prospect to fight later this month.
Alex da Silva has signed with the UFC to replace Teemu Packalen against “Thunder of the North” at UFC St. Petersburg on April 20, multiple sources told MMA Fighting. Combate first reported the news.
da Silva (20-1) inked a deal with the North American promotion after scoring back-to-back first-round stoppages in Brazil and Serbia. The 23-year-old lightweight from Astra and MTK scored all of his MMA wins by way of stoppage with 13 knockouts and seven submissions.