A middleweight bout has been booked for the UFC Fight Night 53 card on October 4th in Sweden as Ultimate Fighter alum Tor Troeng will meet Krzysztof Jotko.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday.
UFC Fight Night 53 will come from the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on October 4th and will be headlined by Gunnar Nelson meeting Rick Story in a welterweight bout.
Troeng (16-6-1) was a member of Team Sonnen during The Ultimate Fighter 17 and won his official UFC debut against Adam Cella at UFC on FUEL TV 9. Since that victory, he has dropped back to back fights by decision against Rafael Natal and Trevor Smith.
Jotko (14-1) made his UFC debut at the end of last year at UFC Fight Night 33 and defeated Bruno Santos by decision. He would return in May for his second UFC fight and he would be defeated for the first time as he was submitted by Magnus Cedenblad.
The current UFC Fight Night 53: Nelson vs. Story fight card is below.
Gunnar Nelson (13-0-1) vs. Rick Story (17-8)
Nico Musoke (12-3, 1NC) vs. Amir Sadollah (6-4)
Niklas Backstrom (8-0, 1NC) vs. Mike Wilkinson (8-1)
Dennis Siver (21-9, 1NC) vs. Robert Whiteford (11-2)
Jan Blachowicz (17-3) vs. Ilir Latifi (9-3, 1NC)
Zubaira Tukhugov (16-3) vs. Ernest Chavez (8-1)
Mairbek Taisumov (21-5) vs. Marcin Bandel (13-2)
Magnus Cedenblad (12-4) vs. Scott Askham (12-0)
Tor Troeng (16-6-1) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (14-1)