Bryan Battle quickly received a date and location after his UFC release. Now, he knows the face who will stand opposite from him in his Dirty Boxing debut.
Saturday at Dirty Boxing 3, Battle will take on Derik de Freitas in a middleweight bout. The event takes place at The Hangar at Regatta Harbour in Miami.
De Freitas, a 3-9 pro MMA fighter, will make his Dirty Boxing debut. Born in Brazil, de Freitas lives and fights mostly in the New England area, though recently competed in Indiana, as well. He has lost seven of his most recent eight MMA bouts by first-round finish.
Battle, a 12-2 pro MMA fighter, unceremoniously exited the UFC days after his Aug. 15 weight miss in Chicago. The bout was expected to be his middleweight debut in the promotion after he missed weight at welterweight in December. Instead, Battle weighed four pounds over. His fight was canceled and he was swiftly released from his contract.
With the addition, the Dirty Boxing 3 lineup includes:
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Rakim Cleveland
- James Cannon vs. Hector Lombard
- Mike Breeden vs. Landon Quinones
- Juan Alvarez vs. Corey Jackson
- Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Claudia Zamora
- Dustin Bailey vs. Sean Hotusing
- Ricky Bandejas vs. Tyson Nam
- Lamar Brown vs. Milos Janicic
- Alex Caceres vs. Shawn West
- Kalindra Faria vs. Kat Nelson
- Travis St-Jean vs. Jansey Silva
- Victor Cardoso vs. Michael Garcia
- Phil Hawes vs. Sergei Martynov
- Bryan Battle vs. Derik de Freitas
- Levi da Costa vs. Chase Sherman
