By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Josh Hedges

Recently Kenny Florian announced he’s changed from lightweight to featherweight, which has as its champion the Brazilian Jose Aldo. On his debut in the new weight class, Florian fights Diego Nunes, who’s coming from a win over the former champion Mike Brown. On a chat with TATAME, André Pederneiras, Diego’s coach at Nova União, confirmed the bout for UFC 131, which is scheduled for June 11th, in Vancouver, Canada. “We’ve got the contract here, we’ve signed it and we’re sending it today for UFC”, confirmed Andre. The winner of this bout will have a title shot. But, if Diego wins, he’ll only fight for the belt if it’s not on Junior’s hands”, guarantees Pederneiras.