Ilir Latifi set to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night in Oklahoma City
The UFC has added a hard-hitting light heavyweight matchup to its newly announced card in Oklahoma City this summer.
Tenth-ranked light heavyweight Ilir Latifi will try to get back into the win column when he battles eleventh-ranked Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on the June 25 fight card. The UFC confirmed the bout on Tuesday.
Latifi is coming off a second-round KO loss to Ryan Bader last September. Before that setback, however, he had won five of his previous six fights, including four by first-round finish.
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His opponent, Nogueira, is in desperate need of a win after dropping his third loss in his last four fights. The Brazilian, who was also KOed by Bader in his last fight, is eager to prove he still belongs in the light heavyweight top 15.
UFC in OKC also features a bout between former two-division champion BJ Penn and Dennis Siver as well as a middleweight tilt between Johny Hendricks and Tim Boetsch.
