Also announced was a 183-pound battle between Chute Boxe's grim brawler Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos and Olympic judo silver medalist Makoto Takimoto .

The 33-year-old judoka fought perhaps the strongest fight of his MMA career on New Year's Eve when he defeated former UFC middleweight champion Murilo Bustamante via split decision in an action-packed fight. A teammate of Hidehiko Yoshida and Kazuhiro Nakamura , Takimoto also holds wins over former Cage Rage British middleweight champion Zelg Galesic and Korean judoka Dong Sik Yoon

Santos is one of the last remaining well-known fighters fighting out of the Chute Boxe camp, which has taken an unparalleled bloodletting of stars in the past couple of months. He will move down to middleweight for the first time in his 10-year career for the fight against Takimoto.

Notably, Santos has another bout Feb. 1 in Canada. At Hardcore Championship Fighting's "Destiny" event, the 30-year-old Muay Thai specialist from western Brazil will step into the cage with fellow PRIDE veteran Gegard Mousasi With only 33 days between the two fights, "Cyborg" won't have much time to recover from a possible injury.