Three former UFC fighters will join Khabib Nurmagomedov's outfit.
And they are former UFC fighters Junior dos Santos, Thiago Silva and Hector Lombard who will appear under the Eagle FC banner.
Dos Santos is the most prominent fighter in the promotion as he is one of the best heavyweights in UFC history. However, his last fight with him was not much successful.
He was on a three-fight winning streak, serving up TKO defeats to Tai Tuiwasa and Derrick Lewis, but after that, he suffered four TKO defeats against the top contenders of the division. He was about to make his boxing debut, but was signed by Eagles FC.
He will make his campaign debut against Jorgen de Castro.
Lombard was fighting at BKFC after leaving the UFC.
When he left the promotion, he was on six fights, losing streaks. After that, he had a grappling match with the famous Sean O'Malley and suffered a first round submission defeat. After that, he ended in another grappling match against Anthony Johnson in the form of a draw.
He fought four times in BKFC. He defeated David Mundell via unanimous decision, scored a KO win in the first round against Kendall Grove, and defeated Joe Riggs when Doc stopped the fight in Round 4, but in his last fight, he lost against Lorenzo Hunt. had to face.
Under MMA rules, his latest win was against Jake Shields in 2014.
Silva may be unknown to modern MMA fans. He left the UFC back in 2013.
His UFC record was 7–3, and he faced defeats against fighters such as Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, and Alexander Gustafsson. He then competed in ACB, Fight Night, Glory, KSW and RCC.
He signed to Eagle FC and would make his debut against Hector Lombard.