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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Strikeforce has signed two new veteran lightweights that will square off next month at Strikeforce Challengers 18.
According to a report from MMAJunkie.com, 10-year MMA veteran Milton Vieira will meet 24-year-old King of the Cage Lightweight Champion Bobby Green on the card, coming to the Pearl at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas on August 12.
Vieira, who is credited as the inventor of the anaconda choke, is a longtime veteran who has competed all over the world from his native Brazil to the U.S. and Japan. Through ten years, he's compiled a 12-7-1 record, and enters Strikeforce on a two fight winning streak.
Green has fought almost as many times Vieira in a third of the time. Bringing a 15-4 record into his Strikeforce debut, Green is 7-3 over his last ten fights. His biggest exposure to a wide audience came back in 2009 on Affliction's second event, where he lost by submission to UFC vet Dan Lauzon.
Penick's Analysis: Both are solid pickups for Strikeforce, and this will be a good fight for a Challengers card. Vieira hasn't been nearly as active as Green, but he's stayed busy enough and has wins in four of his last five fights. Green has just continued taking fights since beginning his career in January of 2008, and in just three and a half years will have his 20th career bout on this card. Both will be out to make a statement to a larger television audience than has seen them before, and it will make for a good fight.
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