The slots on the UFC on Fox 6 card are settled, and the Nordic fighters on the UFC on Fox 6 card will take place early. Swede Magnus Cedenblad will kick off the night at the United Center in Chicago against Rafael Natal with the first bout on Facebook starting at (22:30 Stockholm/Oslo/Copenhagen & 23:30 Helsinki) with Norwegian Simeon Thoresen stepping up a few bouts later.
Cedenblad (10-4 MMA & 0-1 UFC) will look to rebound to his UFC in Sweden debut loss against Natal (14-4-1 MMA & 2-2-1 UFC). This will be the only bout of the evening to stream on Facebook.
Simeon Thoresen is the 4th bout of the evening out of the 11 fights. The bout will take place on the six card prelims, and Thoresen will look for his second win in the Octagon. The Norwegian won his first bout in April to claim the countries first win for the Nordic country. “The Grin” lost his second bout this past September at UFC 152 against streaking Seth Baczynski. David Mitchell (11-2 MMA & 0-2 UFC) looks to represent Northern California with his first win in the Octagon against Thoresen (17-3-1 MMA & 1-1 UFC).
UFC on FOX 6 takes place January 26th and will be headlined by UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson (16-2-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) and challenger John Dodson (14-5 MMA, 3-0 UFC). The full card includes:
MAIN CARD
Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson
Quinton Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis
Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas
PRELIMINARY CARD
T.J. Grant vs. Matt Wiman
Clay Guida vs. Hatsu Hioki
Ryan Bader vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
David Mitchell vs. Simeon Thoresen
Shawn Jordan vs. Mike Russow
Pascal Krauss vs. Mike Stumpf
FACEBOOK PRELIMINARY CARD
Magnus Cedenblad vs. Rafael Natal
