Mikael Silander (15-5) has a new opponent in Brazilian Eduardo Felipe (22-14-3) at this Saturday’s Cage 39 event. Nordic’s #1 ranked flyweight Hulk has won his last 7 out of 9 fights.
The 31-year-old Finn outpointed Shunichi Shimizu (30-18-11 & 1 NC) in the co-main event at Cage 38 in Helsinki. Silander is undefeated in the Cage promotion, with 4 wins.
Filipe comes out of the War Machine team and has been fighting pro since 2001. He was stopped in his last outing by now UFC fighter Magomed Bibulatov in 2015. So, it has been a long break for the 36-year-old Brazilian from action that will have a long travel to fight week.
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