Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Ednaldo Oliveira added to UFC on FX 6 | UFC News
By: Chris Taylor
Krzysztof Soszynski (26-12-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will return to action after a year-long layoff to face Ednaldo Oliveira (13-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC on FX 6 in December.
Soszynski last entered the octagon at UFC 140 this past December, where he suffered a 35-second knockout loss to Igor Pokrajac. After the fight, there was talk that “The Polish Experiment” was considering retirement.
After a 3-0 start in the UFC, Soszynski has gone 3-3 in his past six bouts. At UFC 102, Soszynski dropped a unanimous decision to Brandon Vera. His next two bouts were agaisnt UFC veteran Stephan Bonnar, to whom he traded a win and a loss with respectively.
Prior to the Pokrajac loss at UFC 140, “The Polish Experiment” had won back-to-back fights against Goran Reljic (UFC 122) and Mike Massenzio at UFC 131.
Soszynski now meets Oliveira, who made his UFC debut this past January at UFC 142. Oliveira fought fellow Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga that night and lost via a first-round rear-naked choke. The loss to Gonzaga was the first in Oliveira’s career, promting the heavyweight to move down in weight class to 205lbs. Ednaldo has had 10 stoppages in 13 career victories, which include 8 knockouts.
UFC on FX 6 is headlined by a middleweight bout between Hector Lombard and Rousimar Palhares. The event is scheduled for December 15 in an Australian city and venue still to be announced.
Related:
About the Author
While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on…
There are not a lot of big time kickboxing promotional organizations out there that look…
Microsoft revealed their new video gaming system earlier today, entitled “Xbox One.” Among many other…
After an injury forced UFC interim champion, Renan Barao, out of his second title…
UFC 160 fighter Max Holloway took time out of his training schedule to talk to…
Entering the final month of preparation before his June 8 fight against Rafael Cavalcante, Thiago…
There is definitely no love lost between BJ Penn and Sean Sherk. When Sherk was…
MMA judging can be maddening, laughable, and bewildering all at the same time. There is…
Last week Nate Diaz was fined and suspended by his employer, the UFC, for tweeting…
In an event that had without a doubt the KO of the year, so far,…
“To all my fans and to all the reporters that was there on the after…
UFC President Dana White has released his UFC 160 blog and this first part takes…