The final fight for the UFC's highly anticipated return to Dublin has been announced.
The Sun are reporting that Robert Whiteford vs Darren Elkins has been booked for UFC Fight Night 76 in Dublin's 3Arena.
Whiteford (12-2, 2-1 UFC) heads into the bout off the backof phenomenal first round knockout win over Ireland’s own Paul Redmond in his native Scotland.
His opponent, Elkins (18-5, 8-4 UFC) is a tricky veteran and has been competing under the UFC banner since 2010. The number 14-ranked featherweight enters into this fight off a unanimous decision loss to Hacara Dias at UFC Fight Night 58 Dolloway vs Machida.
After the addition of Whiteford vs Elkins, the Dublin card which now looks like this:
Joseph Duffy vs Dustin Poirier
Stipe Miocic vs Ben RothwellNorman Parke vs Reza MadadiCathal Pendred vs Tom BreeseScott Askham vs Krzysztof JotkoBubba Bush vs Garreth McLellanPaddy Holohan vs Louis Smolka
Nicolas Dalby vs.Darren Till
Stevie Ray vs Mickael Lebout
Aisling Daly vs Erika Almeida
Neil Seery vs Jon Delos Reyes
Rob Whiteford vs Darren Elkins
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