Rashad Evans vs Gabriel Checo
Tyrone Speng vs Sergei Calitonov
Renan Balau vs Horacio Gutierrez
Ray Berg vs Cody Gibson
The EFC 44 tournament will be held in Miami, USA on January 29, Beijing time, and the opponent of former UFC light heavyweight champion Lazard Evans has finally been determined, and he will face Brazil's Gabriel Ceco.
Rashad Evans (19-8-1, 7 K, 2 S) is 42 years old and has a height of 180cm and an arm span of 191cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2004, winning the Gladiator Challenge Light Heavyweight Championship in 2004, participating in the second season of TIF Ultimate Fighters in 2005 with a (5-0) result, and winning the TIF championship for that season to enter the UFC competition. In 2008, he won the UFC light heavyweight championship gold belt, but the first defending battle was lost by Lyoto Machida in the second ko and lost the title to the first defeat of his career. Evans suffered five consecutive career defeats from 2015 to 2018, the last of which was a ko defeat by Anthony Smith in June 2018.
Gabriel Checo (12-5, 7 K, 5 S) is 35 years old and has a height of 185cm with an arm span of 182cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2012 and lost the RFA championship. After losing the second TKO last year, the TKO opponent won the first leg in October this year.
The main headline match of the day was kickboxer Tyrone Speng (2-0, 1 K, 0 S) against Russian "paratrooper" Sergei Calitonov (33-9, 22 K, 9 S, 2 N), with other lineups: former UFC juniorweight champion Renay Balau (34-9, 8 K, 15 S, 1 N) against Horacio Gutierrez (7-3, 4 K, 1 S); former UFC flyweight champion Rey Berg (14-5, 1 K, 6 S) against Cody Gibson (18-7, 7 K，3 S）。
Main match match table:
Heavyweight Competition:
Tyrone Spong vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Rashad Evans vs. Gabriel Checco
Featherweight Competition:
Renan Barao vs. Horacio Gutierrez
Hatchweight Competition:
Ray Borg vs. Cody Gibson
Past interviews
Directed by Li Ke
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