Mairbek Taisumov meets Marcin Bandel at UFC Fight Night 53 in Stockholm

The UFC’s October show in Sweden continues to build with the addition of a lightweight bout to the card.

Mairbek Taisumov (21-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will welcome promotional newcomer Marcin Bandel (13-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) to the organization at UFC Fight Night 53 this fall. Promotion officials announced the booking Thursday morning.

UFC Fight Night 53 takes place Oct. 4 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. The event is expected to stream on UFC Fight Pass in the United States.

Taisumov, from the Chechen Republic of Russia, will be looking to get back on track after a decision loss to Michel Prazeres at UFC Fight Night 38 in March in Brazil. That loss snapped a four-fight winning streak, which included a trio of submission wins under the M-1 Global banner, plus a decision victory over Tae Hyun Bang in his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 34 in January.

Bandel, from Poland, will bring a 12-fight winning streak into his UFC debut – and all of those wins are by submission, and all in the first round. Over those dozen fights, Bandel has spent a total of 1,200 seconds in the cage – an average of just 1:40 per fight.

A student of Las Vegas-based jiujitsu standout Robert Drysdale, Bandel doesn’t discriminate when it comes to how he has tapped out his opponents. Of the 12 submissions in his current run, he has six heel hook wins, four armbars, a rear-naked choke and an omoplata. All his fights have taken place in his native Poland and Germany.

With the addition, the latest UFC Fight Night 53 card now includes:

• Nico Musoke vs. Amir Sadollah
• Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson
• Ernest Chavez vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
• Dennis Siver vs. Robert Whiteford
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi
• Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov

For more on UFC Fight Night 53, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Mairbek Taisumov)