Filed under: News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Middleweight Eric Spicely already has spoiled a Brazilian party once before, when he finished Thiago Santos inside three minutes of their UFC Fight Night 95 bout in Brasilia last September. Spicely (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will try to do it again this Saturday as he takes on Brazil’s own Antonio Carlos Junior (7-2-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) in an FS1-televised preliminary card bout at Rio de Janeiro’s Jeunesse Arena. And while he’s seen first-hand just how intense the local crowd can be, he has no problem being a villain. Related UFC 212 ceremonial weigh-in video highlights and photo gallery “I used to do a lot of pro wrestling,” Spicely told MMAjunkie Radio. “I used to wrestle a lot with Chuck O’Neil (former pro wrestler and ‘The Ultimate Fighter 13’ cast member), who was in the UFC, and Matt Riddle (former UFC welterweight and current pro wrestler). So I’m very into that, kind of playing the heel role and kind of taking that all in

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Victorious in Brazil once before, UFC 212′s Eric Spicely relishes heel role – MMA Junkie

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