In his first fight since his release from the organization, former UFC title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga (11-6) meets Bellator veteran Josh Burns (5-2) in June.MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the matchup with event sources.
Gonzaga and Burns meet June 25 at MMA Explosions' "MMAX: Heavyweight Xplosion" event.
The event is expected to take place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Gonzaga, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, opened his career with an 8-1 mark (4-0 in the UFC), which earned him a UFC title shot with then-heavyweight champion Randy Couture in 2007 and a top-10 standing in the world MMA heavyweight rankings. But the eventual TKO loss began a 3-5 skid that concluded with back-to-back losses to Junior Dos Santos and Brendan Schaub and his eventual 2010 release from the organization.
Gonzaga initially said he would concentrate solely on jiu-jitsu competitions before deciding to return to MMA.
He now meets Burns, who fought most recently in a Bellator 40 loss to Eric Prindle. He currently fights out of Las Vegas.
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