UFC Fight Night 111 takes shape in Singapore, including Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcin Tybura

The card for the UFC’s return to Singapore after a three and a half year absence is starting to take shape, including the addition of a former heavyweight champion.

While the main and co-main events for UFC Fight Night 111 have not yet been announced, the promotion today did unveil five bookings for the card, which takes place June 17 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. (Broadcast plans have not yet been announced.)

Former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski (25-14 MMA, 14-8 UFC) has been added to the card against Marcin Tybura (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC). In addition, Asian MMA legend Takanori Gomi (35-12 MMA, 4-6 UFC) will take on Jon Tuck (9-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) at lightweight; Ulka Sasaki (19-4-2 MMA, 2-3 UFC) meets Justin Scoggins (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in a flyweight bout; Russell Doane (14-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) and Kwan Ho Kwak (9-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) throw down at bantamweight; and Cyril Asker (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) meets Walt Harris (9-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) in a heavyweight bout.

Arlovski is badly in need of a win. After returning to the UFC in 2014 having won six of seven fights, he rattled off four straigiht victories, including knockouts of Antonio Silva and Travis Browne and decisions over Brendan Schaub and Frank Mir. But since then, it’s been a rough run with knockout losses to Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem, a submission loss to Josh Barnett and, most recently, a TKO loss to Francis Ngannou in 92 seconds at UFC on FOX 23 in January.

Marcin Tybura

Tybura lost his promotional debut to Timothy Johnson 10 months ago, but since then he has back-to-back knockout wins. He stopped Viktor Pesta with a bonus-winning head kick at UFC Fight Night 92 this past August, and earlier this month he shut down Luis Henrique at UFC 209 in Las Vegas.

Gomi has lost three straight fights, all by first-round knockout, since a “Fight of the Night” decision over Isaac Vallie-Flagg at UFC 172 nearly three years ago. Since then, he’s been stopped by standouts Myles Jury, Joe Lauzon and, most recently, Jim Miller this past July at UFC 200. Tuck needs a rebound, as well, after back-to-back split-decision losses to Josh Emmett and Damien Brown.

With the additions, UFC Fight Night 111 now includes:

• Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcin Tybura
• Takanori Gomi vs. Jon Tuck
• Ulka Sasaki vs. Justin Scoggins
• Russell Doane vs. Kwan Ho Kwak
• Cyril Asker vs. Walt Harris
• Wang Guan vs. TBA

For more on UFC Fight Night 111, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.