Marcus Aurélio Returns to Octagon at UFC 102, Cancels Shine Fight
By: Chad Edward Posted On: August 12, 2009 at 12:56amATT lightweight “Maximus” Marcus Aurélio (18-7) will return to the UFC at 102 in Portland 29 August versus Xtreme Couture’s Evan Dunham (7-0), Fighters.com has confirmed.
Aurélio was originally scheduled to fight Carlo Prater (24-7-1) at Shine II in Miami 4 September, but has cancelled the fight to return to the Octagon.
Aurélio replaces Matt Veach (8-0) and tapped Joey Gorczynski (13-7) in a rear naked choke at 5150 Combat League in Oklahoma 27 June.
Undefeated Dunham knocked out Per Eklund (14-4-1) in his UFC debut at 95 in London 19 February.
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