Cyril Asker vs. Jared Cannonier booked for UFC Fight Night 86 in Croatia

April’s UFC Fight Night 86 event in Croatia has a new heavyweight matchup.

Cyril Asker (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Jared Cannonier (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) are slated to fight at the event, officials today announced.

UFC Fight Night 86 takes place April 10 at Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia. It airs on FOX Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. The bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Asker makes his promotional debut after a recent run with the South Africa-based Extreme Fighting Championship. There, the 30-year-old has gone 3-0 to push his current winning streak to five fights. Four of the Frenchman’s victories, including one over former UFC fighter Ruan Potts, have come via first-round stoppage.

Cannonier, meanwhile, recently made his UFC debut after going 7-0 with five first-round stoppages on Alaska’s regional circuit. However, in his first UFC fight, the 31-year-old “Killa Gorilla” suffered a knockout loss to Shawn Jordan.

With the addition, the latest UFC Fight Night 86 card now includes:

• Junior Dos Santos vs. Ben Rothwell
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ruslan Magomedov
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Igor Pokrajac
• Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Francis Ngannou
• Nicolas Dalby vs. Bartosz Fabinski
• Timothy Johnson vs. Marcin Tybura
• Alessio Di Chirico vs. Bojan Velickovic
• Filip Pejic vs. Damian Stasiak
• Damir Hadzovic vs. Mairbek Taisumov
• Cyril Asker vs. Jared Cannonier

For more on UFC Fight Night 86, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.