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Thursday, Sep 22, 2011

Igor Pokrajac and Krzysztof Soszynski Agree to UFC 140 Bout

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By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to round out the line-up for its second trip to Toronto, as today the promotion announced that light-heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Igor Pokrajac have agreed to fight on the December 10th card.

Soszynski (26-11-1) will be competing for the first time since June, when he worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Mike Massenzio at UFC 131. The 34 year-old-veteran has won back-to-back bouts by UD, as prior to UFC 131, Sosynski defeated Goran Reljic last November at UFC 122.

The Canadian fighter is 3-2 in his last five fights.

Pokrajac (23-8) is coming off a TKO (via retirement) win over Todd Brown at UFC Live 3 in March, after losing by unanimous decision to Stephan Bonnar at the TUF 12 Finale in December. The 32 year-old, Croatian fighter is 2-3 in his last five contensts.

Some of the other bouts that have been confirmed for UFC 140 include Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung, Nik Lentz vs. Mark Bocek, Rory MacDonald vs. Brian Ebersole and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz.

The upcoming event will be hosted by Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.

 

 

 

posted by FCF Staff @ 1:36 pm
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