Undefeated heavyweight [autotag]Carlos Felipe[/autotag] will finally make his UFC debut.
Felipe (8-0 MMA) will face [autotag]Sergey Spivak[/autotag] (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC 250 in his home country of Brazil, Felipe announced on social media Thursday night.
UFC 250 takes place May 9 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
Felipe originally was scheduled to make his UFC debut in 2017 against Christian Colombo but was handed a two-year suspension by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for failing a drug test. He was subsequently released from the UFC but ended up re-signing with the promotion in July. Felipe was booked to face Jeff Hughes at UFC on ESPN 8 in Columbus but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
He will now make his long-awaited UFC debut once again scheduled in Sao Paulo, when he takes on Spivak.
Spivak lost his promotional debut to Walt Harris but rebounded with a big submission win over Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243. He drew Marcin Tybura next at UFC on ESPN+ 27 but was out-grappled in a unanimous decision loss.
With the addition, the UFC 250 lineup now includes:
- Champ Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo – for bantamweight title
- Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer – for women’s featherweight title
- Marion Reneau vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Blagoy Ivanov vs. Augusto Sakai
- Aleksei Oleinik vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua
- Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kianzad
- Carlos Felipe vs. Sergey Spivak