UFC Fight Night 152 - dos Anjos vs. Lee --- UFC 238 - Cejudo vs. Moraes
UFC Fight Night 153: Gustafsson vs. Smith (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 11) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on June 1, 2019 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Smith
Light Heavyweight Jimi Manuwa vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Featherweight Makwan Amirkhani vs. Chris Fishgold
Lightweight Damir Hadžović vs. Christos Giagos
Featherweight Daniel Teymur vs. Sung Bin Jo
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Welterweight Rostem Akman vs. Sergey Khandozhko
Women's Bantamweight Tonya Evinger vs. Lina Länsberg
Lightweight Stevie Ray vs. Leonardo Santos
Lightweight Nick Hein vs. Frank Camacho
Women's Featherweight Bea Malecki vs. Eduarda Santana
Light Heavyweight Darko Stošić vs. Devin Clark
Lightweight Joel Alvarez vs. Danilo Belluardo
Background
A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challengers Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Smith is expected to be the event's headliner.
Luigi Vendramini was scheduled to face Nick Hein at the event. However, Vendramini pulled out of the bout in late April citing a knee injury and subsequent surgery. Hein is expected to remain on the card against Frank Camacho.
A welterweight bout between Bartosz Fabinski and Sergey Khandozhko was scheduled at the event. However it was reported on May 24, 2019 that Fabinski pulled out of the bout due to injury and he was replaced by newcomer Rostem Akman.
A light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi was expected to take place as the co-main, but Latifi pulled out two days before the event due to a back injury and the bout was canceled.
May 28 - Updated fight card & background
May 31 - Updated fight card & background
