Next week's 'UFC Fight Night 107: Manuwa vs. Anderson' lineup set with 13 bouts in London

The lineup is set for next week’s “UFC Fight Night 107: Manuwa vs. Anderson” event, which marks the organization’s return to England.

UFC Fight Night 107 takes place March 18 at The O2 in London. The entire card streams on UFC Fight Pass.

The fight card includes 13 bouts in all – though a women’s bantamweight bout featuring Lina Lansberg (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) still awaits her new opponent.

Corey Anderson

Corey Anderson (9-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) takes on London’s Jimi Manuwa (16-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in a light heavyweight bout. The co-main event is a welterweight fight between Alan Jouban (15-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Gunnar Nelson (15-2-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC).

In addition, London’s own Brad Pickett (25-13 MMA, 5-8 UFC) will fight for the last time when he meets Henry Briones (16-6-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at bantamweight. And to open the main card on Fight Pass, Arnold Allen (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) takes on Makwan Amirkhani (13-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at featherweight.

The prelims, also on Fight Pass, will feature nine fights – provided a new opponent can be found for Lansberg. The featured fight will be at lightweight between Joseph Duffy (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Reza Madadi (14-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC).

Plenty of Brits will fight on the card in front of their home fans, including Darren Stewart (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Francimar Barroso (18-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at light heavyweight; Marc Diakiese (11-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Teemu Packalen (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at lightweight; Tom Breese (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at welterweight; Leon Edwards (12-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Vicente Luque (11-5-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) at welterweight; Ian Entwistle (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Brett Johns (13-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at bantamweight; and Scott Askham (14-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs. Brad Scott (10-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at middleweight. Plus, Timothy Johnson (10-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets Poland’s Daniel Omielanczuk (19-6-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at heavyweight .

The official UFC Fight Night 107 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 5 p.m. ET)

• Corey Anderson vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Alan Jouban vs. Gunnar Nelson
• Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett
• Arnold Allen vs. Makwan Amirkhani

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 1:30 p.m. ET)

• Joseph Duffy vs. Reza Madadi
• Francimar Barroso vs. Darren Stewart
• Timothy Johnson vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
• Marc Diakiese vs. Teemu Packalen
• Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Tom Breese
• Leon Edwards vs. Vicente Luque
• Ian Entwistle vs. Brett Johns
• Scott Askham vs. Brad Scott
• Lina Lansberg vs. TBA

For more on UFC Fight Night 107, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.