UFC Brazil officials recently announced the booking, and Sarafian also confirmed on his official Twitter feed that the fight will serve as the evening’s co-main event. The show is headlined by a light heavyweight rematch between former Pride Fighting Championships rivals Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort.
Better known as Cezar “Mutante” in his home country, Ferreira won “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” last year by outpointing Sergio Moraes at UFC 147. The 28-year-old returned to the Octagon on Aug. 3 and submitted countryman Thiago Santos with a guillotine choke in just 47 seconds.
Sarafian was originally supposed to face Ferreira in the “TUF: Brazil” final but saw a training injury derail his UFC debut. Instead, Sarafian made his Octagon debut in January, dropping a split decision to C.B. Dollaway at UFC on FX 7. Sarafian righted his ship in his sophomore Octagon outing, stopping Eddie Mendez with a first-round arm-triangle choke in June.
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