A pivotal light heavyweight fight between Englishman Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson has been added to UFC Fight Night 108, which takes place in London in March.
The news was revealed by Flo Combat’s Jim Edwards.
Manuwa (16-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is coming off the biggest victory of his career, where he dispatched of Ovince Saint Preux in violent fashion at UFC 204 in Manchester in October of 2016. Prior to that victory, Manuwa went 1-2 in his previous three bouts. The first loss of Manuwa’s career was the first of them three bouts, when he was stopped by Alexander Gustafsson in the second round of their fight in the main event at UFC London in 2014. Manuwa’s next bout was against Jan Blachowicz, and “Poster Boy” walked away with a unanimous decision victory. After the win, Manuwa faced Anthony Johnson at UFC 191, but lost via knockout in the second round.
Anderson (9-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) debuted in the promotion by winning The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 at Light Heavyweight. Prior to that, Anderson had fought one of his first two bouts at heavyweight. After stopping Matt Van Buren and defeating Justin Jones, Anderson suffered his first professional loss, and the first loss of his UFC career, when he was stopped by Gian Villante at UFC Newark. Anderson rebounded from the loss with three straight decision victories over Jan Blachowicz, Fabio Maldonado and Tom Lawler respectively. In his next bout at UFC 198, Anderson lost via decision to Shogun Rua. In his most recent outing, Anderson stopped Sean O’Connell in the second round of their bout at UFC Albany.
UFC London takes place live from the 02 Arena in London, England on March 18, 2017. With the latest addition, here is the current card:
- Francimar Barroso vs. Darren Stewart – Light Heavyweight
- Joseph Duffy vs. Reza Madadi – Lightweight
- Teemu Packalen vs. Marc Diakiese – Lightweight
- Arnold Allen vs. Makwan Amirkhani – Featherweight
- Scott Askham vs. Brad Scott – Middleweight
