A pair of top-ranked flyweights are set to square off on the UFC's next Brazilian show.
Fourth-ranked Jussier Formiga will face 10th-ranked Ray Borg at UFC Fight Night 106 on March 11 in Fortaleza, sources confirmed to MMAFighting's Guilherme Cruz following a recent report by Brazil's Combate.
The 31-year-old Formiga gets a homecoming after an ankle injury cost him a date with Sergio Pettis at UFC Fight Night 103 in Phoenix earlier in January. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu whiz has won four of his last five contests, the last a unanimous decision over the durable Dustin Ortiz at UFC Fight Night 95.
After Justin Scoggins snapped his three-fight win streak last February, Borg got back in the win column with a dominant performance over Louis Smolka at UFC 207 to close out 2016. The 23-year-old moved into the flyweight top 10 with the victory, but he'll have to put his weight management issues behind him before he meets an elite 125-pounder in Formiga. Borg has missed weight twice in his last three fights, missing the flyweight limit by an egregious 3.5 pounds in his most recent outing.
The Brazil event will be headlined by a middleweight tilt between native son Vitor Belfort and Kelvin Gastelum.