It didn’t take long for Augusto Sakai to rise to heavyweight contention. The 29-year-old Brazilian punched his ticket to the UFC on Dana White’s Contender Series Brazil in August 2018 when he faced Marcos Conrado in the night’s first outing. Sakai (15-1-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) opened up with hard leg kicks, while Conrado countered with overhand shots, trying to close the distance on the bigger Sakai