Bruno ‘Korea’ Focused on Showdown with Unbeaten Balart in Titan FC 47 Co-Headliner

Bruno Rodrigues Mesquita will face a great challenge in his third Titan FC appearance when he squares off with the unbeaten Gustavo Eddy Balart on Dec. 15.

The bout will serve as the co-main event for Titan FC 47, which takes place at Xtreme Action Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Titan FC 47 is headlined by a clash between featherweights Sodiq Yusuff and Luis Gomez. The card will stream on UFC Fight Pass beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Balart, a 34-year-old native of Santiago, Cuba, is riding the momentum of four victories under the Titan FC banner. Mesquita, who was preparing to face Allan Nascimento at a different event, accepted the bout on short notice to bolster his career.

The 26-year-old Brazilian fighter known as Bruno “Korea” isn’t focused on his future in Titan, nor a return to the UFC — where he fell to Matheus Nicolau Pereira in his lone Octagon appearance in November 2015. Instead, he is devoting his energy to the task at hand.

“My training was good, we had planned to fight [Nascimento] on [Dec. 8], but the event was delayed and we were offered this fight practically a week later,” Mesquita said. “We accepted, we just had to change strategy, because the opponent was a striker and tall, now I'm going to fight with a low grappler guy. But I just had to change it in the camp, the rest was everything normal. I'm fine physically and mentally, just waiting for the day to fight.”