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UFC Fight Night 118: Cerrone vs. Till is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on October 21, 2017 at Ergo Arena in Gdańsk, Poland.
Fight card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Darren Till
Women's Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jodie Esquibel
Light Heavyweight Jan Błachowicz vs. Devin Clark
Middleweight Oskar Piechota vs. Jonathan Wilson
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Marcin Held vs. Nasrat Haqparast
Heavyweight Anthony Hamilton vs. Adam Wieczorek
Bantamweight Damian Stasiak vs. Brian Kelleher
Middleweight Sam Alvey vs. Ramazan Emeev
Featherweight Artem Lobov vs. Andre Fili
Welterweight Salim Touahri vs. Warlley Alves
Women's Bantamweight Lina Länsberg vs. Aspen Ladd
Featherweight Felipe Arantes vs. Josh Emmett
Background
This event will be the first that the UFC has hosted in Gdańsk and the second in Poland, after UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 in August 2015.
The promotion was initially targeting a middleweight bout between Thiago Santos and promotional newcomer Michał Materla to headline the event. However it was revealed on 1 September that Materla had reneged on his agreement with the UFC and was re-signing with the Polish regional promotion KSW. In turn, Santos was removed from the card and is expected to face Jack Hermansson a week later at UFC Fight Night 119.
Subsequently, a welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and Darren Till was tabbed as the event headliner.
A heavyweight bout between Dmitrii Smolyakov and promotional newcomer Adam Wieczorek was initially scheduled to take place at UFC 214. However, the bout was removed from that card for undisclosed reasons on July 17 and was expected take place at this event. In turn, Smolyakov was removed from the event on October 4 and replaced by Anthony Hamilton.
Promotional newcomer Przemysław Mysiala was expected to face Jimi Manuwa at the event. However, Mysiala could not resign from Absolute Championship Berkut, therefore the bout never materialized.
Teemu Packalén was expected to face Marcin Held at the event. However Packalen pulled out of the fight on October 5 citing a knee injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Nasrat Haqparast.
Trevor Smith was expected to face Ramazan Emeev at the event. However, Smith pulled out of the bout in early October citing injury and was replaced by Sam Alvey.
On October 15, it was announced that Jim Wallhead pulled out of his welterweight bout against The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 middleweight winner Warlley Alves due to an injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Salim Touahri.
10 Oct - Updated fight card & background
17 Oct - Updated fight card & background