Middleweight’s Caio Magalhaes and Brad Tavares are set to meet at UFC 203, which marks the promotion’s first event in Cleveland.

UFC Matchmaking on Twitter were the first to report the fight.

Magalhaes (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) made his promotional debut with his first professional loss, which was a decision to Buddy Roberts. The Brazilian rebounded from the loss by submitting Karlos Vemola in Brazil. “Hell Boy” made it two in a row with a decision victory over Nick Ring at UFC Brisbane. Magalhaes then faced Luke Zachrich, and finished the fight in just 44-seconds. Magalhaes then made it four in a row in the UFC with another finish in under a minute. This one was against Trevor Smith, as he starched the American in just 31-seconds. In his most recent outing, Magalhaes’ four fight streak was snapped, as Josh Samman submitted him.

Tavares (13-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) debuted at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale, and took home a decision over Seth Bacyznski before stopping Phil Baroni in the first round at UFC 125. Tavares then experienced defeat for the first time, as he was outpointed by Aaron Simpson at UFC 132. The loss didn’t phase Tavares, though, as he went on a five fight win streak with wins over the likes of Tom Watson and Lorenz Larkin. The streak was snapped by Yoel Romero, who took a decision against Tavares in April of 2014. Tavares then experienced his first losing streak, as he was stopped by Tim Boetsch in his next outing at UFC Fight Night 47. Tavares got back on track at UFC 182, as he took home a decision against Nate Marquardt. Last time out, Tavares was knocked out by Robert Whittaker in just 44-seconds.

UFC 203 takes place live from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 10 and is set to be headlined by a heavyweight title fight as Cleveland’s own Stipe Miocic attempts to make the first defence of his title against Alistair Overeem.

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