Winning his UFC debut earlier this month as a light heavyweight, Brazilian fighter Ronny Markes (12-1) will drop down to middleweight for his next fight.
In June Markes signed with the UFC as a replacement for an injured Stephan Bonnar at this months UFC on Versus 5 event in Milwaukee. Markes took on Czech fighter Karlos Vemola on the prelim card of the Versus show and earned a unanimous decision.
Markes has normally competed as a middleweight fighting in his home country of Brazil, has decided to move back down despite a solid debut at 205 lbs.
Tatame.com learned of the move from Markes coach Jair Lourenco earlier this weekend.
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