Cage Warriors champ Jack Marshman vacates belt, meets Magnus Cedenblad at UFC Fight Night 99

The UFC has the first Welsh fighter in its history, and he’s set to make his promotional debut next month in Northern Ireland.

Cage Warriors middleweight champion Jack Marshman (20-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has vacated his title with the promotion to sign with the UFC and will face Magnus Cedenblad (14-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 99. UFC officials today announced the booking.

UFC Fight Night 99 takes place Nov. 19 at SSE Arena in Belfast, and the entire card streams on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized. It’s the first of two cards on Nov. 19; UFC Fight Night 100 takes place later in the day in Brazil.

With the addition, the latest UFC Fight Night 99 card includes:

• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Gunnar Nelson
• Amanda Cooper vs. Anna Elmose
• Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery
• James Krause vs. Ross Pearson
• Zak Cummings vs. Alexander Yakovlev
• Kevin Lee vs. Magomed Mustafaev
• Mark Godbeer vs. Justin Ledet
• Timothy Johnson vs. Alexander Volkov
• Teruto Ishihara vs. Artem Lobov
• Magnus Cedenblad vs. Jack Marshman

For more on UFC Fight Night 99, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.