Pedro
Falcao will make his Octagon debut on less than a week’s notice
against Victor
Hugo Silva at
UFC Fight Night 240.
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Falcao is a late replacement for Heili
Alateng, who was forced to withdraw from the bantamweight
contest for undisclosed reasons. Multiple outlets confirmed the new
booking following an initial report from MMA Mania. UFC Fight Night 240 takes place on Saturday
at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a middleweight
bout pitting Brendan
Allen against Chris
Curtis.
Falcao will enter his first promotional foray with a 16-3 career
mark that includes 11 victories inside the distance. The
31-year-old Brazilian scored a third-round knockout of James
Barnes on
Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021 but did not receive a UFC
contract as a result of that performance. Most recently, he choked
out two-time UFC veteran Leonardo
Morales Tuff-N-Uff 134 this past November.
Hugo, meanwhile, is in the midst of a 13-bout winning streak that
dates back to 2015. In his last outing, the Astra Fight Team member
submitted Eduardo
Torres Cant with a second-round knee bar on the Contender
Series.