The next UFC event is set for June 3rd at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo fights interim champ Max Holloway in a title unification bout. The co-main event sees recent strawweight title challengers Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz go toe-to-toe. Also on the main card is Vitor Belfort’s UFC farewell bout will be against Nate Marquardt, while Paulo Borrachinha fights Oluwale Bamgbose, and “welterweight prospect” (you know this will be said) Erick Silva opens the PPV broadcast against Yancy Medeiros.
Former WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes makes his Octagon debut against Raphael Assuncao in the featured FS1 prelim. There was a recent cancellation on the Fight Pass prelims, as Olivier Aubin-Mercier withdrew from his lightweight bout vs. Leonardo Santos, and both men are no longer on the card.
Here’s what’s on tap for UFC 212:
Main Card (PPV, 10 PM ET)
Jose Aldo vs. Max Holloway
Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Vitor Belfort vs. Nate Marquardt
Paulo Henrique Costa vs. Oluwale Bamgbose
Yancy Medeiros vs. Erick Silva
Preliminary Card (FS1, 8 PM ET)
Raphael Assuncao vs. Marlon Moraes
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Eric Spicely
Johnny Eduardo vs. Matthew Lopez
Iuri Alcantara vs. Brian Kelleher
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 PM ET)
Jamie Moyle vs. Viviane Pereira
Luan Chagas vs. Jim Wallhead
Deiveson Alcantara vs. Marco Beltran