It may be winter time, but it looks like January 15th will be a hot night in Georgia nonetheless with the announcement scintillating strikers Brad Tavares and Lorenz Larkin will be facing off in a middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night 35.
Brad Tavares vs Lorenz Larkin on tap for UFC Fight Night 35
UFC officials confirmed the scrap earlier today.
Lorenz “The Monsoon” Larkin (14-1, 1 N/C) is one of the more successful middleweights to make the transition to the UFC from Strikeforce. Lorenz currently has a 1-1 record in the UFC so far, and his lone loss in the Octagon came at the hands of the division’s Wall’n’Stall-master General, Francis Carmont. His last fight, a war of a unanimous decision victory over Chris Camozzi at UFC Fight Night 32: Fight For the Troops III, and went a long way to boosting “The Monsoon’s” stock at 185 lbs. Will he be able to continue his surge against the ever-game Tavares?
Brad Tavares (11-1) is likely the hottest prospect currently training out of Xtreme Couture. The brash brawler is currently on a 4 fight winning streak, with victories over the likes of Tom “Kong” Watson and – most recently – Bubba McDaniels. While none of his recent victories have been finishes, Tavares does have 4 KO/TKOs under his belt, so his power is nothing to sneeze at. Will he be able to bring it to bear against Larkin?
UFC Fight Night 35 goes down on January 15th at the Arena at the Gwinneth Center in Duluth, GA. The main event is a clash between the last Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, Luke Rockhold, and the ever-dangerous Constantinos Phillipou. Stay tuned to MMASucka for more on this and other upcoming events.
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