Melquizael
Costa will replace Guram
Kutateladze and face Thiago
Moises at UFC 283
on Jan. 21.
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MMAFighting.com was first to report the new lightweight
booking. UFC 283 takes place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro
and is headlined by a light heavyweight championship clash pitting
Glover
Teixeira against Jamahal
Hill.
The 26-year-old Costa will enter his promotional debut with a 19-5
career record. The Chute Boxe Bauru representative has been
victorious in seven of his last eight professional outings,
including a third-round TKO of Jose
Cleiton de Melo Jr. in his most recent appearance at LFA 147 on
Nov. 18.
A former Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion, Moises snapped a
two-fight losing streak at UFC on ESPN 38, when he submitted
Christos
Giagos in the opening stanza on June 25. Moises is 5-4 in UFC
competition, with notable wins over the likes of Alexander
Hernandez, Bobby Green
and Michael
Johnson.