Pedro Rizzo will attempt to stop a losing skid on home turf. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Brazilian heavyweight Pedro Rizzo will end a two-year absence from MMA competition this fall when he takes on American “Ironman” Travis Fulton.
The matchup, first reported by Globo.com, is set to headline Face to Face 12, an event tentatively scheduled to take place Sept. 12 at Alvares Cabral Swimming and Rowing Club in Vitoria, Brazil.
Face to Face 12 will also include a welterweight title fight between “TUF: Brazil” competitors Guilherme Vasconcelos and Marcio Santos, plus bantamweight prospect Gabriel Silva -- the younger brother of UFC talent Erick Silva -- taking on Wendel Araujo Rocha.