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Sam Alvey-Cezar Ferreira, Rustam Khabilov-Adriano Martins added to UFC Fight Night 61

Rustam Khabilov

Rustam Khabilov

A pair of bouts have been added to the UFC’s first scheduled trip to Brazil in 2015.

Sam Alvey (24-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is set to meet Brazil’s Cezar Ferreira (8-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in a middleweight bout, while lightweights Rustam Khabilov (17-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Adriano Martins (26-7 MMA, 2-1 UFC) have been booked. UFC officials announced the new contests today.

UFC Fight Night 61 takes place on Sunday, Feb. 22,at Gigantinho Gymnasium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The main card is expected to air on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. Brazil’s Glover Teixeira (22-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC), a recent light heavyweight title challenger, will meet former champion Rashad Evans (19-3-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) in the headliner.

Alvey, a former MFC middleweight champion, made his UFC debut earlier this year, but dropped a unanimous decision to Tom Watson at UFC Fight Night 47 in Maine. He rebounded in November, though, with a first-round knockout of Dylan Andrews in Andrews’ home country of Australia for his first UFC win.

Ferreira, the middleweight winner of the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil,” won his first three UFC bouts before suffering a shocking 39-second knockout loss to C.B. Dollaway in March in front of his home fans in Brazil. But he bounced back in June at UFC Fight Night 44 with a decision win over Andrew Craig in Texas.

Khabilov had a six-fight winning streak snapped in June when he was submitted in the fourth round by Benson Henderson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 42. It was the first stoppage loss of his career. Before that, he won his first three fights in the UFC, including a “Fight of the Night” decision over Jorge Masvidal in November 2013.

Martins bounced back in July at the TUF 19 Finale with a “Performance of the Night” knockout of Juan Puig. That put him back in the win column after a head kick knockout loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC on FOX 10 in January, a loss that saw a six-fight winning streak snapped. His UFC debut was in November 2013 and was a “Submission of the Night” stoppage of Daron Cruickshank.

With the additions, the latest UFC Fight Night 61 card now includes:

  • Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira
  • Sam Alvey vs. Cezar Ferreira
  • Rustam Khabilov vs. Adriano Martins

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