Battlefield FC 2: Brooks vs. Tibau - July 27 (Official Discussion)

Battlefield FC 2
July 27, 2019
Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel
Macau

Main Card:
Will Brooks (20-4)        vs.      (33-14) Gleison Tibau    
Main Event | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Shannon Ritch (57-87)  vs.           (11-7) Wenbo Liu    
Co-Main Event | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

DJ Linderman (57-87)   vs.        (k-1) Patrick Schmid    
Main Card | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Wagner Prado (15-4)    vs.     (12-5) Doo Hwan Kim    
Main Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Bryan Caraway (21-9)    vs.     (18-11) Raja Shippen    
Main Card | Catchweight

Bruno Miranda (12-3)     vs.     (23-7) Ricardo Tirloni    
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Julio Cesar Neves (34-1) vs.            (2-1) Kevin Park    
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Will Brooks (20-4-1) is set for his first fight of 2019, as the former Bellator lightweight champion will take on UFC veteran Abel Trujillo (15-8) at Battlefield FC 2 on July 27.

Brooks, a former Bellator lightweight champion, made a well-publicized jump to the UFC back in 2016, with a win over Ross Pearson. His success there would be short lived however, and he was released on the back of three straight stoppage losses over the next year-and-a-half. Brooks then found a home in the newly re-branded Pro Fighters League (formerly the WSOF). He went 2-0 over the course of the 2018 season, getting eliminated from the playoffs on a draw to fellow UFC vet Rashid Magomedov.

His opponent, Trujillo, has been out of competition since a pair of 2017 losses to James Vick and John Makdessi. The former UFC lightweight went 6-4 (1 NC) in his five years with the promotion, including a KO of the Year contender over Jamie Varner. He also gained infamy as a notable exception to the UFC’s supposed ‘zero tolerance’ policy for domestic abusers, having twice pleaded guilty to charges.

Abel Trujillo has withdrawn from Battlefield FC 2. But the Korean promotion wasted no time in finding an experienced replacement with UFC veteran Gleison Tibau now slated to face off against Will Brooks in Macau.

Tibau (33-14) holds the most wins in the history of the UFC lightweight division. He has been in with the likes of Nick Diaz, Rafael Dos Anjos, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson.

In 2015 he beat Trujillo but the win was overturned due to a failed drug test. Since being released from the UFC the Brazilian has only competed in MMA once, beating Efrain Escudero by decision on Golden Boy’s MMA card.

westcott123 wrote:It would be great if rizin can get Wil Brooks for the GP   the guy went 1-3 in The ufc  of course that is somehow the catalyst for all fighters outside the ufc  

That julio Neves even though most Are cans/journey man fighters to be 34-1 is Still impressive not many people Go 34-1 in mma .

Well for Bellator fighters at least. On Julio yes cans but it does also build your experience take Aaron Pico I mean yes prospect but in reality he should of started in regional promotions before going to Bellator aj junior is the acceptation not the norm.