Yuri Alcantara
A UFC featherweight bout between Brazilian fighters Yuri Alcantara (27-3) and promotion newcomer Hacran Dias (20-1-1) will meet this June at the upcoming UFC 147 event.
News of the matchup was announced by Tatame this past Monday.
UFC 147 is expected to take place on June 23, 2012 in the 25,000 seat Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond arena in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. No official announcement has been made by the UFC confirming the facility as the venue for the event.
Alcantara has won thirteen straight bouts including two inside the Octagon. Both of his UFC appearances have come in his native Brazil with his most recent win coming against Michihiro Omigawa at UFC 142 last January. Alcantara also won his debut by decision over Felipe Arantes.
Dias has won eight straight since losing his first pro-match back in 2009. The Nova União fighter earned his last victory in December at a Shooto Brazil event. Dias has earned three wins by (T)KO, nine by submission and eight by decision over his pro-career.