Cathal Pendred

By FCF Staff

UFC Fight Night 53 has received it’s tenth bout, as the promotion has announced that welterweight Cathal Pendred will battle Gasan Umalatov at the October 4th event.

The upcoming card will go down at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.

Pendred (14-2-1) is coming off a successful Octagon debut, as the Irish fighter submitted Mike King at UFC FN 46 on July 19th. The TUF 19 vet is undefeated in his last nine official bouts.

Umalatov (15-3-1) scored a decision win over Paulo Thiago at the TUF Brazil III Finale in May. The Russian fighter is 3-2 in his last 5 contests.

UFC FN 53 will feature a welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson and Rick Story in the main event.