Gian Villante entered this fight with a professional record of 15-9-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.33 light heavyweight in the world but he lost four out of his last six bouts, losing to Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (=Rua vsVillante) and Patrick Cummins in 2017 (=Villante vs Cummins).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Francimar Barroso, has a mma record of 19-6-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.51 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year defeating Darren Stewart and losing to Aleksandar Rakic. Villante vs Barroso is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou – UFC 220. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou
Date: 2018-01-20
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Division: light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg)
UFC 220 fight card (main fights):
Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou
Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir
Shane Burgos vs Calvin Kattar
Gian Villante vs Francimar Barroso
Thomas Almeida vs Rob Font
Dustin Ortiz vs Alexandre Pantoja
Villante’s previous fight: Gian Villante vs Patrick Cummins
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Villante vs Barroso Fight Video:
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(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
how did Villante lands a main card fight?
may be traveling around with Dana gets things done