Thiago 'Marreta' Santos meets Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 125 in Belem, Brazil

The UFC’s first event in Belem, Brazil, appears to have another fight set for the lineup.

Brazilian Thiago “Marreta” Santos (16-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) will take on American Anthony Smith (28-12 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night 125. The matchup was announced by Santos on his Twitter account after an initial report from Brazilian news outlet Combate. UFC officials have not yet made a formal announcement of the booking.

UFC Fight Night 125 takes place Feb. 3 at Mangueirinho Gymnasium in Belem, Para, Brazil. The card is likely to air on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Thiago “Marreta” Santos

Santos has won three straight fights, including a bonus-winning knockout of Jack Marshman at UFC Fight Night 105 earlier this year. That got him back on track after a two-fight skid that saw him knocked out by Gegard Mousasi and submitted by Eric Spicely in an upset.

But after beating Marshman to rebound, he also stopped Gerald Meerschaert at UFC 213 in July and a month ago took out Jack Hermansson with just one second left in the first round for a TKo at UFC Fight Night 119 in Brazil.

Like Santos, Smith has won three straight fights, all by knockout, and is 4-1 since returning to the UFC in early 2016. After he was cut loose after a lone loss in the UFC in 2013 after the merger with Strikeforce, “Lionheart” went 7-1 with a pair of wins for Bellator and won the CFFC middleweight title.

That got him another UFC shot, and he took advantage with a decision win over Leonardo Augusto Guimares at UFC Fight Night 83. After a decision loss to Cezar Ferreira, his past year has been fantastic. He had a bonus-winning TKO of Elvis Mutapcic in December 2016, then a knockout of Andrew Sanchez. And in September, he stopped former Bellator champ Hector Lombard with a third-round TKO.

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