After being sidelined for the last couple of months due to a case of Dengue Fever, powerful Brazilian bantamweight John Lineker is slated to return to the Octagon at the UFC 198 pay-per-view (PPV) inside Arena da Baixada stadium in Curitiba, Brazil, on May 14, 2016.
MMA Fighting brought news of the matchup earlier this week as the blockbuster stadium show continues to take shape.
Lineker will do battle with streaking prospect Rob Font before a hometown crowd, which will be packed inside the enormous 42,000-seat structure.
Surely, "Hands of Stone" will be looking to make a statement and prove his arrival in UFC's 135-pound division wasn't just a flash in the pan.