UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis has signed to exchange Curtis Blaydes in a first-rate tournament struggle towards Jailton Almeida, resources showed to ESPN on Monday.

Lewis (27-11) simply signed a pristine do business in then combating out his promise in July. The pristine heavyweight matchup will headline UFC Battle Evening on Nov. 4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Almeida and Lewis are recently ranked because the Nos. 9 and 10 heavyweights, respectively, by means of UFC. Lewis is way more established, having fought within the UFC since 2014, and he holds the report for many knockouts within the promotion’s historical past.

Almeida (19-2), alternatively, is available in driving a stream of momentum. The 32-year-old heavyweight is 4-0 within the UFC with 4 finishes, 3 of which got here within the opening spherical. Maximum lately, he submitted Jairzinho Rozenstruik in Would possibly.

Stream heavyweight champion Jon Jones is scheduled to safeguard his name towards Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in November. If Almeida wins, he would input name rivalry, at the side of Serghei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall.

Ag. Battle used to be the primary to document the Lewis-Almeida matchup.