Martin Kampmann Expected To Fight Newcomer Alexandre Barros at UFC 93
Martin Kampmann
After reporting yesterday that Martin Kampmann was likely to face a UFC newcomer in his welterweight debut we have confirmation, via the MMA Weekly MMA Insider Blog, that he’ll do just that, facing off against Alexandre Barros at UFC 93 on January 17th in Dublin, Ireland.
A member of the Gracie Barra Combat Team, Barros holds a 13-5 mark as a professional and is currently riding a nine-fight winning streak into his UFC debut. After losing four of five fights between 2000 and 2004, including losses to Matt Hughes and Aaron Riley, “Baixinho” has rebounded for nine-straight victories, including a unanimous decision victory in September in his most-recent action.
A middleweight up-and-comer, Kampmann reeled off nine-straight victories between 2005 and 2008, including four-straight wins over Crafton Wallace, Thales Leites, Drew McFedries, and Jorge Rivera to begin his UFC career. However, he was prompted to drop to welterweight after being dismantled by middleweight contender Nate Marquardt via strikes in just 82-seconds at UFC 88 in September.
The matchup joins Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin, Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle, Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares, Thomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati, Nate Mohr vs. Denis Siver, Andre Gusmao vs. Antonio Mendes, Abdul Mohamed, and Tom Egan vs. John Hathaway on the UFC 93 lineup.
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Tags: Alexandre Barros, Martin Kampmann
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Heck of a card.
davis and lytle is guna be a sick fight.
i knew this was going to happen, kampmann gets an easy first fight @ 170, this other guy is on a 9 fight win streak, big fuking deal who has he beat bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum? i think dana must just want kampmann to knock this guy out early to send a message to the rest of the 170 pounders,
tell me if im wrong about this guy tho ive just nevered heared of him b4 and cant really be bothered looking him up haha
The most notable thing I can find that Barros has done is lose to Dave Strasser and Matt Hughes, but F~it Kampmann fighting is most of the time a exciting fight nice to see him getting in the cage again..
Kampan is bad dude so who ever this newcomer is better come ready.
Lytle vs davis is going to be a sick fight. I hope shogun can prove to everyone that he IS a great fighter and that even though forrest killed him, he’s still bad ass and can be a top lhw
Poor guy, his welcome to the UFC is a very hungry, literally and figuratively(Cutting the extra 15 pounds), is Martin Kampmann. I hope he has a big irish head to protect himself against Kampmann’s standup. Barros is probably good and in the UFC for a reason, but its probably just to add on to kampmann’s highlight reel
I bet Kampmann cannot believe his luck! Barros cannot believe his own luck but for the opposite reason!