UFC Fight Night 30 takes place on October 26 in Manchester, England and is headlined by a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Mark Munoz. Today a bunch of new fights were added to the card.
At light heavyweight, Ryan Jimmo will face Jimi Manuwa. Jimmo comes off a decision win over Igor Pokrajac at UFC 161 in June. Manuwa has won both of his UFC fights so far, and in his last fight he stopped Cyrille Diabate at UFC on Fuel TV 7.
After over two years of having not fought, Paul Taylor will return to the octagon and he’ll fight Anthony Njokuani at lightweight. Taylor’s last fight came in February of 2011 where he knocked out Gabe Ruediger. Njokuani is coming off a knockout win over Roger Bowling at UFC on Fox 7 in April.
Originally scheduled for UFC 163, the fight between John Lineker and Paul Harris will now happen on this card. Harris withdrew from the fight at 163, and was replaced by Jose Maria Tome, whom Lineker stopped in the second round.