Rafael Lovato Jr. is fresh of his victory in Fight to Win Pro 6 and ready for new challenges! His next quest? Facing Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu.
The fight between two titans has been set for Fight to Win Pro 7 set in Denver, Colorado on July 16th of this year.
According to Fight To Win Pro rules, the two titans will face off in a special 10 minute submission only match. This particular pairing has agreed to a NoGi matchup in order to secure the Fight To Win Pro light heavyweight title.
Fight To Win Pro promoter Seth Daniels said:
“Rafael wanted to fight in Colorado – where he has four affiliates – and wanted to take on the best in the world. We wanted to give the Colorado fans who started this whole thing an epic match up that has never been seen before”
Roberto Cyborg Abreu added:
“I’m happy to be fighting on Fight To Win for the first time. Especially against such a great opponent. “
Lovato Jr. responded in a similar fashion:
“I am so pumped to face Cyborg! I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a competitor and person.”
The event is set to take place at the National Western Events Complex in Denver and will be streamed live on FloGrappling. Co main event will be between Eliot Marshall and Warren Brooks in heavyweight gi division.
Fight to Win pro 6 has just ended, you can check out our play by play of Lovato Jr.’s last fight as well as other results here.
FloGrappling will be covering the upcoming event live.
