A welterweight fight is the latest addition to next month’s UFC return to Sweden.
UFC Fight Night 109 takes place May 28 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
Till will be returning to the octagon after a layoff of more than a year and a half. The Liverpool native made his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night 67 and knocked out Wendell Oliveira in the second round in Brazil. He returned in October 2015 and fought to a majority draw against Nicolas Dalby at UFC Fight Night 76 in Dublin. But he’s been on the shelf since that bout.
Ayari got the call from the UFC this past year after a six-fight winning streak, including a victory over UFC veteran Mickael Lebout in his native Germany. At UFC Fight Night 93 in front of his home fans in Hamburg, he took a split decision from Jim Wallhead to stretch his run to seven in a row and nine of his past 10. Overall, half of his 16 career wins have been by submission.
With the addition to the card, UFC Fight Night 109 now includes:
- Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira
- Christian Colombo vs. Damian Grabowski
- Jack Hermansson vs. Alex Nicholson
- Misha Cirkunov vs. Volkan Oezdemir
- Joaquim Silva vs. Mairbek Taisumov
- Chris Camozzi vs. Trevor Smith
- Ben Saunders vs. Peter Sobotta
- Emil Meek vs. Nordine Taleb
- Damir Hadzovic vs. Marcin Held
- Nico Musoke vs. Bojan Velickovic
- Pedro Munhoz vs. Damian Stasiak
- Jessin Ayari vs. Darren Till