The
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light heavyweight division is
reportedly set to welcome an accomplished regional champion.
Reigning
Legacy Fighting Alliance light heavyweight titleholder Lucas
Fernando has signed with the promotion and is scheduled to make
his Octagon debut against Rafael
Tobias at UFC
330 on Aug. 15.
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Lucas Fernando gets second shot at UFC following Contender
Series setback, per report
Fernando (13-3), who featured on
Dana White’s Contender Series three years ago, will finally get
to fight in the famed Octagon, as reported by Guilherme Cruz.
He suffered a decision loss to Cesar
Almeida on DWCS in 2023 and lost his next bout on LFA as well.
The Brazilian then bounced back with four consecutive wins, with
his last two bouts ending in finishes.
Meanwhile, Fernando’s opponent, Tobias (14-2), will be looking to
notch his first UFC win at the next numbered event. He earned a UFC
contract with a submission victory over Jair de
Oliveira on DWCS in 2025 before dropping his Octagon debut to
Diyar
Nurgozhay in March.
UFC 330 is scheduled for Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in
Philadelphia. It features two title fights: Islam
Makhachev vs. Ian Garry in
the main event and Mackenzie
Dern vs. Gillian
Robertson in the co-headliner.