Tomorrow night in the co-main event of UFC Rio , we are going to see a fun matchup in the bantamweight division featuring a former world champion. Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo (24-5-1) is back and he’ll be taking on surging contender Montel Jackson (15-2).

Starting with the former flyweight champion, I’m personally shocked to see him back this year. I was in Des Moines back in May when he fought Cory Sandhagen and I was convinced that he suffered a serious knee injury when he had to tap in that fight. I didn’t think we’d see him back anytime soon and here we are less than six months later.

The former flyweight champion is taking a step back in competition after two straight losses. Following three straight wins after moving to bantamweight, the former UFC champion lost back-to-back fight

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