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UFC Dublin line-up finally set as another featherweight bout added to card

Published 13:09 14 Sept 2015 BST

Ben Kiely
UFC Dublin line-up finally set as another featherweight bout added to card

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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 Rothwell Norman Parke vs Reza Madadi Cathal Pendred vs Tom Breese Scott Askham vs Krzysztof Jotko Bubba Bush vs Garreth McLellan Paddy 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
UFC Dublin line-up finally set as another featherweight bout added to card