Australian rookie Pedro will face Morella in Auckland
Two senior rookies from Australia, Tyson Pedro and Ben Sosoli, will play UFC Fighting Night 168 in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 23, Beijing time.
Tyson Pedro currently has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, including 2 KO and 5 surrender wins. The 28-year-old is a rising star in the lightweight category, beating Khalil Rountree and Paul Craig in his first two games before ending the first leg. However, Pedro's form plummeted, winning only one of his four matches. In his last two appearances, he lost to Ovince St Preux and Brazil's Mauricio Rua in surrender and KO.
Vinicius Moreira will be Pedro's opponent this time, and he currently has a record of 9 wins and 4 losses, including 1 KO and 8 downs wins. The Brazilian signed to the UFC through the Brazilian version of "Tuesday Challenger", but the record in the octagon cage was very bad, losing all three games, in addition to Paul Craig, who had been defeated by Pedro, eryk Anders, etc., and all three games were ended in the first leg, which also made this game a decisive battle for him to stay in the UFC.
Heavyweight Ben Sosoli currently has a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 2 no results, including 6 KO opponents winning. He participated in this year's Season 3 "Tuesday Challenger" audition, but ended in fruitlessness by poking his opponent in the eye. In the October UFC on ESPN 6, he played against Greg Hardy and lost unanimously, but the match was changed to no result due to the opponent's irregularities. Prior to these two accidents, Sosoli played four consecutive wins and ko-struck all of them, with the fastest time taking only 42 seconds.
Sosoli's opponent that night will be Brazilian Marcos Rogerio de Lima, who currently has a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, including 11 KO and 3 demotion wins. Lima has been in the octagon cage for more than 5 years and has achieved a record of 3 wins and 4 losses in the last 7 games. In terms of winning, due to the lack of fame of his opponents, he did not have impressive victories, but he was completed by opponents in all four defeats, including owens Saint-Prue and Stefan Struve.
UFC Fighting Night 168 will be held on February 23 in Auckland, New Zealand, Beijing time. In the headline fight of the night, Paul Felder will face off against Australian native Dan Hooker.