UFC London on March 8 adds a Main Event & Rematch
Coming off of UFC Fight Night 30 in Manchester, England; the UFC has announced they will be back in England but this time in London on March 8 in the o2 Arena. The March 8 main event will see the 2nd scheduled meeting of Light Heavyweight Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson (15-2) and Antonio “Minotoro” Rogerio Nogueira (21-5).
The two men had been scheduled as the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 2, but the bout was canceled when Nogueira was sidelined by injury.
At UFC Fight Night 30 the Lightweight co-main event of Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson ended in a no contest after a Guillard knee that cut Pearson between the eyes was deemed illegal; because Pearson touch the ground to make it illegal after taking a legal knee to the face. The two men will rematch on March 8.
Gustafsson is coming of a razor thin decision loss to Jon Jones in what will be remember as the greatest title fight in UFC history. The loss also snapped a 6 fight win streak, in which “The Mauler” defeated name like Thiago Silva and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Nogueira has consecutive wins over Tito Ortiz (TKO) and Rashad Evans (UD), since back to back losses to Ryan Bader (UD) and Phil Davis (UD) ended a 7 fight win streak.