Rodrigo Damm vs. Rashid Magomedov targeted for UFC Fight Night 42 in Brazil

Another bout is in the works for the UFC’s May return to Brazil.

Brazil’s own Rodrigo Damm (12-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will meet Rashid Magomedov (17-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night 42, Damm’s PR team announced on Wednesday.

UFC Fight Night 42, which serves as the finale to “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3,” takes place May 31 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. In the headliner, “TUF: Brazil 3″ coaches Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva square off in a grudge match.

Damm returned to lightweight in February and picked up a unanimous decision win over Ivan Jorge at UFC Fight Night 36 in Brazil. That gave him two straight wins after a split-decision win over Mizuto Hirota in June 2013 at featherweight.

Magomedov made his UFC debut in February at UFC 169 in Newark, N.J. The former M-1 Global welterweight champion dropped down to lightweight and took a unanimous decision from Tony Martin and ran his winning streak to nine fights.

With the addition to the lineup, UFC Fight Night 42 now includes:

Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Paulo Thiago vs. Gasan Umalatov
Demian Maia vs. Mike Pierce
Rodrigo Damm vs. Rashid Magomedov
Mark Eddiva vs. Edimilson Souza
Ernest Chavez vs. Elias Silverio

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Those damn weight cutting Russians.