After a nice UFC debut, when scored his first ever career KO against Anthony Hamilton, brown belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Marcel Fortuna returns to the Octagon, now as a light heavyweight, on Friday night.

As Fortuna explained to Portal do Vale Tudo, he believes training at the American Kickboxing Academy with champion Daniel Cormier makes him more confident.

"There's some great training sessions at AKA. I trained a lot with Cormier, yes. It gives me an enormous confidence boost, even more so because my next opponent will be a wrestler. Apart from that, he prefers to strike when we train, to perfect his striking. Of course he took me down a few times, but it was a great session and it got me really confident for this fight. It's important to test yourself against a guy who can strike well and has such a rich wrestling background, because you'll hardly be surprised during the fight."

Scoring his first career KO in his UFC debut also got Fortuna more confident to strike with his opponents.

"That knockout gave me more confidence to keep the fight standing without feeling a need to look for a takedown. I'll keep it standing while I'm comfortable and take it to the ground only at the right moment if there's an opportunity, otherwise, we'll keep it standing, because that'll frustrate my opponent's gameplan."

Marcel Fortuna is expected to take on Jordan Johnson at the TUF 25 Finale, on July 7, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card will be headlined by lightweights Michael Johnson and Justin Gaethje.