Two more fights have been added to July’s UFC Fight Night 72 as Ilir Latifi meets Hans Stringer and Leonardo Mafra faces Stevie Ray.
Both fight booking were announced by the UFC on Monday afternoon.
UFC Fight Night 72 will come from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on July 18 and the main event for the fight card has not been announced at this time.
Latifi (9-4, 1NC) has gone 2-2 in the UFC and both of the wins came by stoppage in the first round. He will enter this fight following a defeat as he lost to Jan Blachowicz last year at UFC Fight Night 53. Stringer (22-6-3) was also defeated in his last fight as he lost to Fabio Maldonado at UFC 179. The defeat snapped a seven fight unbeaten streak and it was his first defeat since 2010.
Mafra (12-2) lost his UFC debut against Rick Story and is coming off a win against Cain Carrizosa. He has won six of his last seven fights and five of those wins came by TKO/KO. Ray (17-5) is currently on a three fight winning streak and defeated Marcin Bandel in his UFC debut. He defeated Bandel by TKO and it was his 13th career win by stoppage.
The current UFC Fight Night 72 fight card is below.
Joseph Duffy (13-1) vs. Ivan Jorge (26-4)
Leon Edwards (9-2) vs. Pawel Pawlak (11-1)
Robert Whiteford (11-2) vs. Paul Redmond (10-5)
Ilir Latifi (9-4, 1NC) vs. Hans Stringer (22-6-3)
Leonardo Mafra (12-2) vs. Stevie Ray (17-5)