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By FCF Staff

Ilir Latifi is set to face top ten ranked Derrick Lewis in his Octagon, heavyweight debut, and the Swedish fighter’s just fine with being the underdog as a result.

After Latifi was knocked out by Volkan Oezdemir… Read More

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Now that Volkan Oezdemir is no longer facing Ilir Latifi today at UFC Stockholm, “No Time” is eyeing a rematch with Dominick Reyes.

Oezdemir was scheduled to face Latifi in the co-main event of today’s card, but… Read More

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UFC Stockholm has lost its co-main event less than 48 hours from the card, as the promotion has announced Ilir Latifi has dropped out due to injury.

The light-heavyweight was booked to fight Volkan Oezdemir in the… Read More

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Lately there’s been plenty of talk as to whether Daniel Cormier will defend the light-heavyweight title one more time, and who he might face, and Ilir Latifi’s making sure he’s not forgotten.

Cormier added the heavyweight crown… Read More

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The line-up for the UFC’s next trip to Boston continues to grow, as the promotion has announced that Ilir Latifi will take on light-heavyweight Sean O’Connell at the January 17th event.

Latifi (10-4) will be looking to… Read More

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced that established Polish veteran, Jan Blachowicz, will make his Octagon debut on October 4th.

The light-heavyweight will battle Sweden’s Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night 53, which will go down at… Read More

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Ilir Latifi has a new opponent for UFC Fight Night 46, and it’s promotional newcomer Chris Dempsey.

The UFC has announced that Latifi’s original opponent, Tom Lawlor, has withdrawn from the July 19th card. Although the announcement… Read More

Video: UFC on FUEL TV 9: Mousasi/Latifi highlights

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Light-heavyweight Ilir Latifi did the UFC a favor this week by agreeing to step in and fight the highly regarded Gegard Mousasi on only a few days notice, and it appears the promotion will be repaying… Read More

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Here are the results from today’s UFC on FUEL TV  9 card in Stockholm, Sweden, which saw Gegard Mousasi outscore and bloody Ilir Latifi with strikes in the main event en route to a unanimous decision win.… Read More

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Here are the official weigh-in results from tomorrow’s UFC on FUEL TV card in Stockholm, Sweden, which will see former Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi take on light-heavyweight Ilir Latifi in the main event.

Mousasi tipped the scales… Read More

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With Alexander Gustafsson no longer available for Saturday’s headliner, due to a cut he incurred recently while training, the Swedish fighter’s teammate Ilir Latifi will now fight Gegard Mousasi.

The UFC confirmed the new match-up… Read More

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Derrick Lewis has consistently shown an ability to power up back to his feet, when he’s been taken down in the Octagon. But, according to Curtis Blaydes, the heavyweight will have a much tougher time doing that when… Read More

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Bellator MMA is back in primetime on Thursday, Nov. 5 with a card headlined by an exciting battle featuring one of the promotion’s newest free agent acquisitions in Corey Anderson (13-5), who will make his highly… Read More

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Bellator has added a top-tier light-heavyweight to its roster, as the promotion’s announced the signing of former UFC contender, Corey Anderson.

Recently Bellator tweeted out the news that the company has signed the 30-year-old fighter.

Anderson (13-5)… Read More

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Birmingham’s Nathias “Notorious” Frederick (8-2) will defend his Cage Warriors Middleweight world title in a European super clash with Greece’s much touted Andreas “The Spartan” Michailidis (12-3).

After winning the belt in dramatic fashion in a grudge… Read More