A heavyweight rematch between Antonio Silva (18-5-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) and Andrei Arlovski (22-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) headlines this week’s UFC Fight Night 51 event, a UFC Fight Pass offering that marks the organization’s fourth trip to Brazil this year. Saturday’s fight card streams from Brasilia’s Nilson Nelson Gymnasium and sees “Bigfoot” and “Pitbull” face off in a rematch of a 2010 meeting between the Brazilian and Belarusian. The two fighters have traveled very different paths in the four years since that first fight. Arlovski bounced around different organizations, where he went 7-2, while Silva has fought exclusively for UFC and Strikeforce, going 4-3-1 in the same stretch. Outside of the main event, nearly half the UFC Fight Night 51 competitors have at least five UFC appearances to their name. As a result, there are some milestones to note going into the 11-fight card.
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UFC Fight Night 51 pre-fight facts: Arlovski a fixture in heavyweight history books – MMA Junkie