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Ricardo Prasel vs. Edison Lopes
Aspera Fighting Championship 55
Aug. 12 | Maringa, Brazil
The towering 6-foot-7 Prasel will risk his undefeated record in a bid for the vacant Aspera Fighting Championship heavyweight title. The 27-year-old prospect has subdued all eight of his opponents inside one round, seven of them via submission. Prasel last competed at a Striker’s House Cup event on Dec. 16, when he needed less than a minute -- 54 seconds to be exact -- to tap Alderico Eron Ribeiro Vieira with a heel hook. In his path stands Lopes, 38, a late bloomer on a five-fight winning streak. All five of those wins resulted in finishes.

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