Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will meet with Tai Tuivasa in the main event of the UFC Fight Night 142 tournament, scheduled for Dec. 2 in Adelaide, Australia. This was reported by several authoritative foreign sources.
25-year-old Tuivasa (8-0) joined the UFC in November 2017 and has since had three fights, having won three wins. The last time the Aussie went to the Octagon on June 9, defeating the former champion Andrei Orlovsky by the unanimous decision.
34-year-old Dos Santos (19-5) is experiencing not the best period in his career. In May last year, the Brazilian attempted to take the title from the then champion Stipe Miocic, but was knocked out in the first round. Four months later, "Gypsy" was supposed to meet Francis Ngannou, but a few weeks before the fight he received a temporary suspension for the use of doping. In April, the Brazilian was acquitted, since the banned substance was contained in a spoiled sports supplement. Dos Santos returned on July 14, winning the unanimous decision over Blagoy Ivanov.
