UFC Fight Night 109 will be held on May 28, 2017 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. This event can be view via UFC Fight Pass and Fox Sports.
Preliminary reports indicated that the event was expected to be contested at the newly opened Royal Arena in Copenhagen, which would have marked the promotion's first visit to Denmark. However, on February 28, the promotion announced that the event would take place in Stockholm.
A light heavyweight bout between former title challengers Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira is expected to serve as the main event. The pairing was previously scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 69 in June 2015. However Gustafsson pulled out of that fight due to injury.
Magnus Cedenblad was expected to face Chris Camozzi at the event. However, Cedenblad was removed from the card on March 27 and was replaced by Trevor Smith.
Emil Weber Meek was expected to face Nordine Taleb at the event. However, Meek pulled out of the fight on May 12 citing injury. Meek was replaced by promotional newcomer Oliver Enkamp.
A heavyweight bout between Christian Colombo and Damian Grabowski was expected to take place at the event. However, the pairing was scrapped as both fighters sustained injuries in the weeks leading up to the event.
Mairbek Taisumov was expected to face Joaquim Silva at the event. However, Taisumov pulled out of the fight on May 16 citing a knee injury. He was replaced by Reza Madadi.
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Main Card
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Misha Cirkunov
Peter Sobotta vs. Ben Saunders
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Omari Akhmedov
Oliver Enkamp vs. Nordine Taleb
Jack Hermansson vs. Alex Nicholson
Preliminary Card
Pedro Munhoz vs. Damian Stasiak
Trevor Smith vs. Chris Camozzi
Reza Madadi vs. Joaquim Silva
Nico Musoke vs. Bojan Veli?kovi?
Darren Till vs. Jessin Ayari
Marcin Held vs. Damir Hadžovi?