Marcos Rogerio de Lima Marcos Rogerio de Lima finished 2014 on a high note, but after such a frantic year, he needed a break for both personal and professional reasons. De Lima (13-2-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) returns tonight to fight fellow light heavyweight Nikita Krylov (18-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 74. The preliminary-card bout, which airs on FOX Sports 1 from SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, is his first in 2015. But the 30-year-old said he needed some downtime after appearing on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3,” which took a toll on his body. He said it was apparent before his December bout at UFC Fight Night 58, where he knocked out Igor Pokrajac. “By the time I fought Igor, I was still dealing with a few small injuries from ‘TUF,’ from the preparation I underwent to make it into the show,” he told MMAjunkie
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Despite unbeaten streak, Marcos Rogerio de Lima needed a break after stressful 2014 – MMA Junkie