Jimi Manuwa v Cyrille Diabete Set For UFC on FUEL 7 | UFC NEWS
UFC slates Jimi Manuwa vs Cyrille Diabete during February 16th’s UFC on Fuel 7 in England.
Diabate is 4-2 in the UFC, and earned 2 straight W’s in a row with the latest W via submission over Chad Griggs at UFC 154. Making this the third time he has competed in the UK under the UFC.
Manuwa earned a W opposite Kyle Kingsbury in his UFC debut at UFC on Fuel 5 in September, via TKO when the doctor deemed Kingsbury unfit to continue at the end of the second round.
The card features a UFC interim bantamweight title bout in the main event, with Renan Barao defending against Michael McDonald. Here’s the rest of the current card:
Renan Barao vs. Michael McDonald [BW title]
Che Mills vs. Matt Riddle
Danny Castillo vs. Paul Sass
Terry Etim vs. Renee Forte
Vaughan Lee vs. Motonobu Tezuka
Josh Grispi vs. Andy Ogle
Ulysses Gomez vs. Phil Harris
Cyrille Diabate vs. Jimi Manuwa
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