UFC London Gains a Key Light Heavyweight Fight

After nearly 3 years away from the city of London, UFC is set to make its return in 2022. The previous UFC London card took place on March 17th, 2019 pitting, Darren Till against Jorge Masvidal. This was also the infamous night that gave birth to perhaps the most famous moment and meme ‘Three-piece and a soda’ that fans simply could not stop quoting.

Masvidal earned a devastating KO win over hometown hero Darren Till, propelling his resurrection. Now, it looks like the promotion is ready to deliver more incredible moments for the British fans, as the upcoming London card picks up heat.

According to a report by GroundPoundMo MMA, the promotion has added a key light heavyweight match-up to the card. Rising light-heavyweight contender Paul Craig (15-4-1) is going to challenge top ten contender Nikita Krylov (27-8).

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What does the UFC London card look like now?

The promotion has already named the headliners for the card, which will feature two powerful heavyweight strikers. Russian heavyweight fighter and number 5th ranked contender, Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov (34-9-0) will look to extend his win-streak against British heavyweight fighter Tom Aspinall (11-2-0)

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With these two flights confirmed and added to the card, UFC London has now picked up 12 fights in total. Paddy the Baddy Pimblett is going to make his return to the octagon, while Gunnar Nelson is also set to return after a long layoff. Here’s what the entire card looks like with rooms for a few more fights.

Alexander Volkov vs. Tom Aspinall (Heavyweight)

Arnold Allen vs. Dan Hooker (Featherweight)

Rodrigo Vargas vs. Paddy Pimblett (Lightweight)

Jack Shore vs. Timur Valiev (Bantamweight)

Nikita Krylov (27-8) vs Alexander ‘Drago’ Volkov (34-9-0) (Light Heavyweight)

Gunnar Nelson vs. Cláudio Silva (Welterweight)

Sergei Pavlovich vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (Heavyweight)

Muhammad Mokaev vs. Cody Durden (Flyweight)

Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Grundy (Featherweight)

Jake Hadley vs. Allan Nascimento (Flyweight)

Luana Carolina vs. Molly McCann (Women’s Flyweight)

Cory McKenna vs. Elise Reed (Women’s Strawweight)

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