Marcos Rogerio de Lima scored a decision win over Adam Wieczorek in his return to heavyweight division at UFC 230, and that was enough to earn him a fight with a ranked opponent.
“Pezao” will enter the Octagon Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, for a co-main event clash with No. 15 ranked Stefan Struve, and that’s exactly what he was hoping for.
”We need big fights to enter the top of the division,” de Lima told MMA Fighting. “Struve is a popular fighter, has fought many Brazilians before, like ‘Cigano’ (Junior dos Santos) and ‘Minotauro’ (Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira), and has been in the UFC for years.