Thursday, Aug 07, 2014
UFC FN 53: Gunnar Nelson to Face Rick Story in Main Event
By FCF Staff
UFC Fight Night 53 finally has its main event, and it’s a bout between the undefeated Gunnar Nelson and established welterweight Rick Story.
The October 4th card will go down at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
Nelson (13-0) has gone 4-0 now since joining the UFC in 2012, and most recently the Iceland native tapped out Zak Cummings at UFC FN 46.
Story (17-8) also scored a submission win in his last outing, as he caught Leonardo Mafra Texeira with an arm-triangle-choke at UFC FN 45. The American fighter is 3-2 in his last 5 scraps.
Some of the other bouts that have been confirmed for UFC FN 53 include Dennis Siver vs. Robert Whiteford, Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson and Ilir Latifi vs. Jan Blachowicz.
posted by FCF Staff @ 4:11 pm