Wilson Reis returns to the Octagon this weekend at UFC 236 in Atlanta, Georgia when he takes on fellow flyweight Alexandre Pantoja on the ESPN preliminary card.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division has come under scrutiny in recent months with rumors swirling that the promotion is looking to remove the division from the promotion, although nothing has been announced and the UFC is still signing flyweight fighters to contracts.
Former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw claimed he was sent to “kill the flyweight division” when he dropped down a weight division to take on 125-pound champ Henry Cejudo in January.