The UFC has just announced that not only will Alexander Gustafsson be on the March 8th card in London, but Ilir Latifi (7-3-0, #2 Nordic Ranking) a training mate at Allstars Training Center will be on the card, too.
The light heavyweight will face Cyrille Diabate, whom Gustafsson has previously beat. Latifi has been sidelined since stepping up on short notice to headline the UFC in Sweden 2 card in April.
Ilir Latifi will join his countryman Alex Gustafsson at #UFCLondon. He'll face veteran Cyrille Diabate on March 8th pic.twitter.com/Nm2LNNch09
— UFC United Kingdom (@UFC_UK) November 28, 2013
The headliner on the card will be Alexander Gustafsson who faces UK’s Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night card.
MMAViking.com talked to Latifi in September in Toronto about his status. See this video here:
