By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Marcelo Alonso

After revealing to TATAME.com that he signed a contract with UFC, Ronnys Torres already knows who he’ll face in his first fight in the octagon. After a great job at Jungle Fight, in Brazil, the Brazilian faces Melvin Guillard at UFC Fight Night 18, at April 1^st.

“Melvin has a heavy hand, but we’ll study his game and set a good strategy for the fight and leave there with a good victory in his debut”, said André Pederneiras, leader of Nova União team. With 15 fights in career, Ronnys Torres has only one loss, which happened in 2007. In the last 13 months, Ronnys did eights fights and won all, most of them by submission.