Light Heavyweights Ovince St. Preux and Thiago Silva will meet for the first time at UFC Fight Night 35 on January 15th in Duluth, Georgia.
St. Preux is unbeaten in two fights in the Octagon since his move from Strikeforce and is facing a man that coming off consecutive wins over Matt Hamill and Rafael Cavalcante. Silva has managed to put together a nice string of wins with 7 victories in his last 10 fights.
The event features a headline fight between Luke Rockhold and Costa Philippou.