After an absence of more than five years, the UFC returns to Ohio on Saturday night with UFC Fight Night 40, which takes place at Cincinnati’s U.S. Bank Arena. “The Buckeye State” gets some hometown flare in the main event as Matt Brown (18-11 MMA, 11-6 UFC) takes on Brazilian Erick Silva (16-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in a high-stakes welterweight affair. Both men have received fight-night bonuses in their past two UFC victories, and they’ll look to continue that trend with another exciting performance in the FOX Sports 1 headliner. Brown and Silva have proven to be arguably the two most consistently violent fighters at 170 pounds, but they’re not the only ones on the card who have a lot going for them
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UFC Fight Night 40 pre-fight facts: Matt Brown looks to build on welterweight KO record – MMA Junkie