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The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday for a stacked UFC 283. In the main event, the vacant light heavyweight championship will be up for grabs between Jamahal Hill and hometown hero Glover Teixeira.
The title was vacated when Jiri Prochazka, who defeated Teixeira to become champion, suffered an injury. A fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz to crown a new champion was held at UFC 282, but the fight ended in a draw, resulting in UFC president Dana White immediately announcing that Hill and Teixeira would then fight for the still-vacant belt.
In the co-main event, one of the UFC's greatest rivalries will continue. Flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will battle interim champion Brandon Moreno in the fourth meeting between the pair. After a draw in the first meeting, Moreno won the rematch with a dominant performance that saw him secure a third-round submission. The pair met a third time, with Figueiredo winning a narrow decision. After the loss to Figueiredo, Moreno defeated Kai Kara-France to win the interim title.