UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
| UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 28, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Ericsson Globe | |||
| City | , Sweden | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira (also known as UFC Fight Night 109) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on May 28, 2017 at Ericsson Globe in , Sweden.
Preliminary reports indicated that the event was expected to be contested at the newly opened Royal Arena in Copenhagen, which would have marked the promotion's first visit to Denmark. However, on February 28, the promotion announced that the event would take place in Stockholm.
A light heavyweight bout between former title challengers Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira is expected to serve as the main event. The pairing was previously scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 69 in June 2015. However Gustafsson pulled out of that fight due to injury.
Magnus Cedenblad was expected to face Chris Camozzi at the event. However, Cedenblad was removed from the card on March 27 and was replaced by Trevor Smith.
Emil Weber Meek was expected to face Nordine Taleb at the event. However, Meek pulled out of the fight on May 12 citing injury. Promotion officials have not confirmed whether or not Taleb would remain on the card against a new opponent, or rescheduled for another event.
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