Luiz Cane drops to middleweight following loss at UFC Rio

Luiz “Banha” Cane will bring some news on his return to UFC cage. The Brazilian fighter, who suffered a TKO loss at UFC Rio, will drop to the middleweight division. Who told the break news to TATAME was his manager, Alex Davis, who is not in a hurry.

“Banha will drop to the middle weight. It is something that, in my point of view, will take some time for him to get used to this new division, so I don’t wanna rush anything to make sure he’s comfortable fighting in this new weight class”, tells, guaranteeing that the change isn’t related to the defeat in Rio de Janeiro.

“What happened is a part of the fight. I don’t believe this weight drop has anything to do with it, but it’s a wish he has for a long time, and maybe it’ll bring a positive result. It’s something that usually happens in the industry, keep dropping the weight more and more. He wanna do it and I support him, so let’s do it the best way we can. With no rush”, explains.

Still according to the manager, Cane’s debut on the new class, 20 pounds below he was used to fight at Ultimate, will only happen in 2012, because his team want to do some tests to make sure he’s ok on his new division.

“We have to see him fighting on this new division”, tells. “I haven’t thought about the dates, we need to get him tested before. He needs to lose weight, get hydrated and train to see how he’s gonna behave. I want to do this before he drops to the middleweight”.

The change of classes might bring other changes to the striker, who holds a professional record of 12 wins and one loss.

“He’s behaving like a middleweight. He no longer can eat a lot of meat believing he’ll make it at the weight-in. it’s a sacrifice he’ll have to make. He’ll need to change many things on his life. When we get to the United States we’ll set a date and see how he behaves”, explain.