Tanner Boser will face Rodrigo Nascimento in a heavyweight fight at UFC’s April 23, show, multiple sources with information told MMA Fighting.
The Fight Night will feature a previously reported strawweight fight between Jessica Andrade (heavy-hitter) and Amanda Lemos (MMA Fighting), confirmed MMA Fighting following a report by Combate .. Andrade and Lemos both have victories over Cynthia Calvillo, Angela Hill and others.
Boser (20-8-1) stopped Ovince St. Preux in the second round in his most recent bout this past June, bouncing back from consecutive decision defeats to Andrei Arlovski and Ilir Latifi.
“The Bulldozer” is 4-3 under the UFC with a trio of knockouts to his credit, including stoppages over Brazilian heavyweights Philipe Lins and Raphael Pessoa.
Nascimento (8-1, 1 no contest) returns to the cage following a six-month doping suspension after failing a drug test for ritalinic acid, a metabolite of the banned stimulant methylphenidate. His win over Alan Baudot was overturned and “Ze Collmeia” won the no-contest.
The 29-year-old went 1-1 in his previous UFC bouts, defeating Don’Tale Mayes prior to a first-round stoppage loss to Chris Daukaus. “Ze Colmeia” entered the UFC via Dana White‘s Contender Series, submitting Michal Martinek in July 2019.
Mike Heck helped to create this report.
