Ricardo Almeida (Pictured) will make his welterweight debut against Jon Fitch at UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas, rumour has it the fight will be at at 170-pounds.

Almeida who is a veteran of both PRIDE and Pancrase, recently defeated TUF alumni Kendal Grove at UFC 101 via unanimous decision. Before the fight Ricardo had mentioned that this would most likely his last bout at middleweight before moving down to welterweight. It will be interesting to see how well Ricardo can make the cut down to 170 pounds as he isn’t the smallest middleweight.

Fitch, who trains out of American Kickboxing Academy; was previously a UFC he welterweight contender before losing a unanimous decision to George St. Pierre has recently rebounded from that loss with two back-to-back wins over Akihiro Gono and Pualo Thiago.

Almeida-Fitch, which is the first rumoured bout for UFC 106, is expected to air on the event’s pay-per-view main card.

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