Ultimate Fighter veterans Luke Barnatt (pictured) and Bradley Scott have been added to the card of UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa, set for Londom’s O2 Arena on March 8.
Undefeated with two victories in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Luke ‘Bigslow’ Barnatt (7-0) returns to action following a highlight knockout of Andrew Craig back in October, on the undercard of Machida vs Munoz in Manchester. The 6’6” middleweight welcomes Sweden’s Mats Nilsson (11-2) to the Octagon, makeing his UFC debut as a Cage Warriors veteran who most recently knocked out hardy contender Denniston Sutherland at CWFC 59 in September.
Having moved up to middleweight following the welterweight TUF Smashes Finale in 2012, Brad ‘Bear’ Scott (9-2) also found victory in Manchester this past October when he submitted Michael Kuiper with a first round guillotine choke. Scott also welcomes debut opposition in the form of Brazilian Claudio Henrique ‘Mineiro’ da Silva (9-1). Fighting out of London Shootfighters, Da Silva is riding a 9-fight win streak with a victory of his own over Denniston Sutherland as well as UFC veteran Xavier Foupa-Pokam who the Brazilian most recently dispatched of via a unanimous decision at Super Fight League 6 over a year ago in October, 2012.
Updated UFC European Tour in London card
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jimi Manuwa
Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson
Ian McCall vs. Brad Pickett
Cyrille Diabate vs. Ilir Latifi
Omari Akhmedov vs. Gunnar Nelson
Igor Araujo vs. Danny Mitchell
Luke Barnatt vs. Mats Nilsson
Brad Scott vs. Claudio Henrique da Silva
Photo: Mark Blundell
