Rafael Natal returns to the Octagon, following an upset win over Uriah Hall, at Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 18, and hopes this is the last time he’s fighting someone outside the top 15 of the middleweight division.
Winner of three straight, capped off by a decision over Hall in May, "Sapo" underwent surgery twice to repair a detached retina in 2015. He was offered an option to postpone his next bout until the UFC could find him a better ranked opponent, but chose to fight in Newark after all.
"I was hoping for (a top 15 opponent)," Natal told MMAFighitng.