It looks like Rusimar will be taking on Decision Dan in only his second fight in the UFC. It seems like odd matchmaking to me as I thought the UFC wanted to build both these guys up at 185lbs.
Dan needs a few wins to convince the Americans that he isn’t just some guy who lost two title fights at two different weight classes, and Toquinho seemed like a guy they wanted to build up as a challenger for Anderson Silva’s belt if the latter chooses to hold on to that. I guess if Silva makes the move to 205lbs permanent they’d need a new champ and this would be a pretty good eliminator for a match with Rich Franklin.
