Diego Sanchez is fired up for his match-up against Al Iaquinta. Sanchez will meet Iaquinta inside the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22. The lightweight bout is going to be featured on the UFC Fight Night 108 card. The headliner will be a featherweight tilt between No. 4 ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) […]
Diego Sanchez is fired up for his match-up against Al Iaquinta. Sanchez will meet Iaquinta inside the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22. The lightweight bout is going to be featured on the UFC Fight Night 108 card. The headliner will be a featherweight tilt between No. 4 ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) […]
The site of the most infamous brawl in MMA history will play host to another great scrap… Going down on April 22, UFC Fight Night 108 is growing rapidly. Nashville, Tennessee plays host to the festivities, and the lighter weight divisions are filling up the card. Taking up the main event slot is a fantastic
The site of the most infamous brawl in MMA history will play host to another great scrap…
Going down on April 22, UFC Fight Night 108 is growing rapidly. Nashville, Tennessee plays host to the festivities, and the lighter weight divisions are filling up the card. Taking up the main event slot is a fantastic featherweight fight between Cub Swanson and Artem Lobov. Improving to 9-3 with his recent win over Doo Ho Choi, Swanson’s stock rose in a big way. Already riding two straight wins, ‘Beautiful Destruction’ gets a boost from how thoroughly exciting his win over ‘Korean Superboy’ was.
Given the current need to put meat in seats, Swanson was obviously going to be paired with another striker in his next fight. Enter Artem Lobov, training partner of Conor McGregor, and a man who likes to stand and bang. Riding two straight wins, ‘The Russian Hammer’ also defeated an Asian prospect, Tiruto Ishihara, in his latest fight.
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UFC Fight Night 108 Looks Good
Also featuring the return of Al Iaquinta against Diego Sanchez, the UFC’s trip to Nashville is looking good. Fans may remember Nashville as the sight of the infamous Diaz vs. Miller brawl, well there’s a few more burners on tap now. Adding Sam Alvey vs. Thales Leites at middleweight gives UFC Nashville another fun scrap. Check out Swanson’s comments on Lobov as per MMAFighting.com, followed by the current UFC Fight Night 108 card:
“It was the fight I was offered, I’m gonna teach him some manners,” Swanson told Helwani.
The proposed grudge match between featherweights Cub Swanson and Artem Lobov was made official Saturday night — and it will serve as the headliner for UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, TN. The promotion announced the news during it’s broadcast of UFC 208 Saturday night. Lobov (13–12–1 (1)), a training partner of lightweight champion Conor […]
The proposed grudge match between featherweights Cub Swanson and Artem Lobov was made official Saturday night — and it will serve as the headliner for UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, TN. The promotion announced the news during it’s broadcast of UFC 208 Saturday night. Lobov (13–12–1 (1)), a training partner of lightweight champion Conor […]
Hard hitting light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa (16-2) is going back to the place he calls home when he battles Corey Anderson (9-2) at a UFC Fight Night event in London on March 18. FloCombat brought word of t…
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Hard hitting light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa (16-2) is going back to the place he calls home when he battles Corey Anderson (9-2) at a UFC Fight Night event in London on March 18. FloCombat brought word of the scheduled bout. Manuwa may have been born in the United States and once moved to Nigeria, but his life took a fortunate turn in the right direction when he moved to England.
He’ll look to give his true hometown fans in London something to cheer for. It won’t be easy as he’ll be sharing the Octagon with “Overtime.” Anderson won The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 19 with a TKO win over Matt Van Buren back in July 2014. Anderson suffered a controversial split decision loss to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 198. He made a statement in his next fight against Sean O’Connell in a dominating TKO win.
Manuwa is also coming off a win in devastating fashion. The “Poster Boy” flattened former interim title contender Ovince Saint Preux in the second round of their contest at UFC 204. The win earned Manuwa a “Performance of the Night” bonus.
A win for Anderson would have major rankings implications for him. The fighter out of Rockford, Illinois currently sits at No. 9 on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) 205-pound rankings. For the No. 5 ranked Manuwa, a win will most likely keep his spot intact. He’ll probably move to the No. 4 spot if Ryan Bader decides to sign with Bellator.
In his 16 professional career wins, Manuwa has knocked out 14 of his opponents and submitted one. He has only gone the distance one time. Anderson has knocked out four of his opponents, with the rest of his wins going to a decision.
The UFC Fight Night event will be held at the O2 Arena. A headliner for the event has not been revealed.
