The latest fight booking to October’s UFC 204 in Manchester, England is a welterweight bout as Leon Edwards will meet Albert Tumenov.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday morning.
UFC 204 will come from the Manchester Arena on October 8 and will be headlined by a rematch as Michael Bisping defends the UFC middleweight title against Dan Henderson.
Edwards (11-3) is coming off a win in May at UFC Fight Night 87 against Dominic Waters and he has gone 3-2 in the UFC. Seven of his eleven victories have come by stoppage and five of those wins have come by TKO/KO. Tumenov (17-3) is coming off a submission lost at UFC Fight Night 87 against Gunnar Nelson and the defeat snapped a five fight winning streak. All of his stoppage victories (11) have come by TKO/KO and he is 5-2 in the UFC.
The current UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson II fight card is below.
Michael Bisping (30-7) vs. Dan Henderson (32-14)
Vitor Belfort (25-12) vs. Gegard Mousasi (39-6)
Ovince Saint Preux (19-8) vs. Jimi Manuwa (15-2)
Stefan Struve (31-8) vs Ruslan Magomedov (14-1)
Adriano Martins (28-7) vs. Leonardo Santos (15-4)
Brad Pickett (26-11) vs. Iuri Alcantara (37-7, 1NC)
Davey Grant (10-2) vs. Damian Stasiak (10-2)
Leon Edwards (11-3) vs. Albert Tumenov (17-3)