Diego Brandao – Photo via UFC.com
A featherweight bout between Brazilian fighter Diego ‘Ceara’ Brandao (15-8) and Pablo ‘The Scarecrow’ Garza (12-3) is on tap for this April’s upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 9 event.
News of the bout was announced by Swedish mma website Kimura.se on Tuesday bringing the number of matches identified to the event at twelve.
UFC on FUEL TV: UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Mousasi (aka UFC on FUEL TV 9) is expected to take place on April 6, 2013 returning to the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden for the promotions second ever event in the Scandinavian country.
Brandao, the Season 14 TUF series winner, is 2-1 in his Octagon appearances. The Brazilian fought in October at UFC 153 in Rio de Janeiro picking up a decision win against Joey Gambino. His loss was to Darren Elkins at UFC 146 in May of last year, losing by decision at the Vegas event.
Garza ended a two-fight losing skid by defeating Mark Hominick in November at UFC 154 in Montreal by decision. The two losses on Garza’s record were to Dennis Bermudez by decision at UFC on FOX 4, and to Dustin Poirier by submission at UFC on FOX 1.