That bout against Calvillo came at strawweight, but going forward, it is the flyweight division or bust for Botelho.
Botelho took to Instagram to reveal the news:
Here is a translation of what Botelho wrote, provided by Google Translate:
?And so I finish another stage of my life, or better and so I reinvent myself in this new stage in my life! At first everyone thought it impossible to weigh 52.7kg but with my medical and nutritional team we proved that it was possible, I did 3 fights and I always hit the weight below the limit but we had a decision until before the fight in Argentina, that we would go up to the weight of flies, primarily because of my health that was already putting at risk and that was already disrupting even in training, today through this post I report that my next fight will be in the category flies up to 57 kg and with this I will be able to fight more often in the year, without affecting my health. I'll come back stronger. Stay in the crowd.?
The fighter has won two of three under the UFC banner, with those victories coming over Pearl Gonzalez and Syuri Kondo.