MMA: Fabio Penca will take on a Brazilian at the Espace Double Mixte in Lyon

Former Muay Thai World Champion Fabio Benca He will return to the cage on December 17th at the Espace Double Mixte in Lyon on the occasion of the event Octo’gones.

Pinca, 38, hasn’t fought since his One Championship debut in August 2020. Pinca, who was fighting his first fight under MMA rules, lost a split decision to Thailand’s Shannon Wiratchai who had a total of 14 fights in that system at the time.

Since then, Lyonnais has continued to train and recently won a gold medal at the IBJJF (No Gi) European Jiu-Jitsu Championships held in Rome two weeks ago.

For his comeback, he will face Brazilian Fabio Francisco da Silva Ferreiraa 38-year-old fighter who currently lives in Nancy.

Da Silva Ferreira fought four times in MMA before leaving for the Legion in 2015. A newly returned, Araruna native is now a BJJ instructor at Gabriel Hennion’s Hennion gym. He’s on the side of the GLORY trainer who does his grip training.

But Francisco is above all a wrestling expert and has a black belt in BJJ and Luta Livre which should allow for good stylistic opposition between the fighters.

Note that the fight is scheduled for an average weight of 68 kg.