Thales Leites will try to build some momentum in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division when he faces the once-beaten Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Fight Night “Gustafsson vs. Nogueira” on Nov. 19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. UFC officials on Monday announced the pairing, along with several other matchups.
Leites snapped a two-fight losing streak at a UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 6 in Salt Lake City, where he submitted Chris Camozzi with a third-round rear-naked choke. The 34-year-old Nova Uniao-trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has been finished only once in his 32-fight professional career: He was victimized by a Matt Horwich rear-naked choke in 2010.