Olympic Freestyle Wrestler Added To UFC 216

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A heavyweight division clash has been added to the upcoming UFC 216 card 🌳as Luis Henrique is going to be ꦅin the Octagon against Arjan Bhullar.

Henrique (10-3-0-1NC) has won just two of four fights under the UFC banner, those wins have come over the duo of Dmitry Smoliakov and Christian Colombo. Henrique is also a longtime veteran of the Watch Out Combat Show, w💯here he won all six of his fights during his time there. Henrique is currently undefeated at “Fight Night” ♛events, as his win over Colombo came at UFC Fight Night 100.

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Bhullar (6-0-0) is going to be making his UFC debut in this fight, but he did represent Canada as an freestyle wrestler in the 2012 Summer Ol👍ympics. Bhullar is also the current Battlefield Fight League Heavyweight Champion, defeating Ryan Pokryfky by decision to win the gold in September of 2016. Bhullar does enter the fight while riding a six fight undefeated streak, which has already lasted just under three years.

UFC 216 takes place on Saturday, September 9 from Rogers Plac🍌e in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with no main event announced at this time. Fi🌊ghtful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.

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