Keep your eyes on this Lightweight …
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to “Sin City” this weekend (Sat., May 17, 2025) for UFC Vegas 106. In the main event, former UFC Welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns tries to slow the oncoming young force, Michael Morales, in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Check out the entire UFC Vegas 106 card here.
There are several up-and-coming fighters featured throughout the card this weekend, but let’s give you one to really keep your eyes on.
Without further ado …
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MMAMania.com’s Prospect Watch, and the first regional stud I hyped was Brazil’s Matheus Camilo. Now, he’s stepping into the UFC Octagon for the first time this weekend.
Camilo (9-2) snagged a UFC contract late last year by smashing Tajikistan’s then-unbeaten Dorobshokh Nabotov. Nabotov tried stealing the show with a bold plea to UFC CEO Dana White at UFC 308’s presser, but Camilo’s win crushed that “feel-good story.”
He cut his teeth at Brazil’s legendary Nova Uniao under Andre Pederneiras, training beside former UFC Featherweight champ Jose Aldo—pretty solid company, and a legit comparison in some ways. Now, he’s set up shop in Vegas at Xtreme Couture.
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Green is returning to Lightweight, a weight he’s fought at pre-UFC. He’s 2-3 in the Octagon, but those losses were to studs like Battle, Ian Garry, and Daniel Rodriguez (on short notice).
He’s got wins over Phil Rowe and Yohan Lainesse, plus pre-UFC scraps with Chris Padilla, Jalin Turner, and Javier Garcia.
So, it is very safe to say Green is battle-tested.
While it may be too much, too soon for the 24-year-old Brazilian to get past Green this weekend, he has all of the skills to do it violently.
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WELTERWEIGHT CROSSROADS! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to is intimate APEX venue in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sat., May 17, 2025, with UFC Vegas 106. Former 170-pound title challenger, Gilbert Burns, collides with undefeated up-and-coming phenom, Michael Morales, in a blistering main event scheduled for five rounds. In UFC Vegas 106’s co-main event, battle-hardened Paul Craig locks horns with surging Light Heavyweight, Rodolfo Bellato, setting the stage for an explosive showdown in the 205-pound division.
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