Caio Machado battles Kevin Oumar at UAE Warriors 61 on July 23rd in a light heavyweight contest.

Machado appeared on MMA Canada once again to touch on multiple topics like: -the belated one-year anniversary congratulations for himself and his romantic partner

-how quickly his last fight came together and earning a first-round finish at Thunder Fight

-The difficulties with getting fights since leaving the UFC

-waiting for a call in the initial draft from Global Fight League and those GFL cards that fell out toward the end of May

-representing Brazil and Canada through his efforts in fight sport

-how it has been getting readjusted to the move back to Brazil from the last time that we chatted about the move back

-talking with Battlefield Fight League about possibly fighting for their light heavyweight belt as a former BFL heavyweight champion

-this UAEW contract being a one-fight deal, having a fight in Brazil lined up for August, and mapping out a path to return to the UFC

-how much more adjusted he feels fighting as a light heavyweight, and if this cut at 205 pounds has been a bit easier

-thoughts on Oumar's skillset and resume heading into this fight

-his involvement in The Smashing Machine movie and his thoughts on how warmly the film's trailer was received by the public

-some of the big-name fighters who were involved in this film

-Oleksandr Usyk portraying Igor Vovchanchyn in The Smashing Machine, and the by proxy way he got to interact with the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion 

-thoughts on the UFC heavyweight landscape being less congested and the former UFC heavyweight's thoughts on some of the major divisional movement as of late, with Jones retiring and Aspinall now being upgraded to the UFC heavyweight champion outright

-Buchecha and Ante Delija signing with the UFC recently