Corey Anderson vs. Jimi Manuwa, Joseph Duffy vs. Reza Madadi, more set for UFC Fight Night 107 in London

The UFC’s return to England continues to build with the addition of four fights for March in London.

London’s Jimi Manuwa (16-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) will take on Corey Anderson (9-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in a light heavyweight bout sure to be near the top of the card. And after rumblings about a contract dispute, Joseph Duffy (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is set to return when he meets Reza Madadi (14-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a lightweight bout.

Plus, a women’s bantamweight fight between Lina Lansberg (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Veronica Macedo (5-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been added to the card, as has a heavyweight bout between Daniel Omielanczuk (19-6-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) and Timothy Johnson (10-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC).

UFC officials today announced the matchups for UFC Fight Night 107, which takes place March 18 at The O2 in London. The entire event streams on UFC Fight Pass. The Manuwa-Anderson booking first was reported by FloCombat.com. The Duffy-Madadi pairing first was reported by MMANytt.com.

Manuwa is ranked No. 8 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings; Anderson is an honorable mention selection.

Manuwa started his pro career 14-0, including his first three in the UFC by TKO, all in England. But he has alternated wins and losses for his past five fights. After a TKO loss to eventual title challenger Alexander Gustaffson, Manuwa rebounded with a decision win over Jan Blachowicz in Poland in April 2015 – the first time he had to go to the distance in his career. After a knockout loss to Anthony Johnson at UFC 191, he bounced back with a bonus-winning knockout of Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 204 this past October.

Corey Anderson

Anderson, the Season 19 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter,” got back in the win column in December with a second-round TKO of Sean O’Connell at UFC Fight Night 102. Prior to that, he lost a questionable split decision to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 198 in Brazil in May, which snapped a three-fight winning streak of unanimous decisions. More than 80 percent of the media members who scored the fight, tracked by MMADecisions.com, scored the Rua loss for Anderson.

Joseph Duffy

Duffy, whose notoriety when he signed with the UFC in 2015 was that, at the time, he was the most recent man to beat current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor (a 38-second submission win in 2010), will fight for the first time since this past July. At UFC Fight Night 90 in Las Vegas, he took out Mitch Clarke in just 25 seconds with a rear-naked choke. That got him back on the winning side after a decision loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 195 a little more than a year ago snapped a four-fight winning streak.

Reza Madadi

Madadi picked up his first win since an April 2013 bonus-winning submission of Michael Johnson when he stopped Yan Cabral with a third-round TKO at UFC Fight Night 87 in the Netherlands this past May. Prior to that, when he returned to the UFC following a 14-month stint in a Swedish prison for a burglary conviction, he dropped a decision to Norman Parke in his first fight in two and a half years.

Lina Lansberg

Lansberg made her promotional debut this past September in a 140-pound catchweight fight against then-Invicta FC featherweight champion Cristiane Santos. Lansberg was a heavy underdog against “Cyborg,” who brutalized her with a second-round TKO. That loss snapped a six-fight winning streak for the Swedish fighter, including a pair of TKO wins under the Cage Warriors banner in 2014.

Veronica Macedo

Macedo, from Venezuela, was a short-notice replacement at UFC Fight Night 93 in September against Ashlee Evans-Smith in Germany. She had a good showing in her promotional debut, but ultimately wore down in the third round and fell victim to heavy ground-and-pound elbows for the first loss of her pro career.

Daniel Omielanczuk

Omielanczuk will be looking to get back on track after a second-round submission loss to Stefan Struve at UFC 204 this past October in England. That setback snapped a three-fight winning streak for the Polish fighter that had him on a roll after back-to-back losses to Jared Rosholt and Anthony Hamilton.

Timothy Johnson

The Minnesota-born Johnson, who trains in North Dakota, will fight overseas for the third straight time. After signing with the UFC on a seven-fight winning streak in 2015, he won his promotional debut with a first-round TKO of Shamil Abdurakhimov in April 2015. He then dropped a decision to Rosholt, but rebounded with a win over Marcin Tybura in Croatia this past April. But in November in Northern Ireland, he dropped a split decision to former Bellator champion Alexander Volkov. The controversial loss included a 30-27 score in his favor, and a dozen media members scoring the fight, tracked by MMADecisions.com, scored it for Johnson.

UFC Fight Night 107 now includes:

• Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett
• Leon Edwards vs. Vicente Luque
• Marc Diakiese vs. Teemu Packalen
• Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Tom Breese
• Scott Askham vs. Brad Scott
• Francimar Barroso vs. Darren Stewart
• Corey Anderson vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Joseph Duffy vs. Reza Madadi
• Lina Lansberg vs. Veronica Macedo
• Timothy Johnson vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

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