IRISH FLYWEIGHT STAR Neil Seery has been added to the bill for UFC 189.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship have confirmed that Seery will take on American Louis Smolka at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, 11 July.
A large Irish following is already expected at UFC 189, which will be headlined by the meeting of Dublin’s Conor McGregor and defending champion Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight world title.
Seery has a 2-1 record in the UFC and has tasted defeat just once — via decision in his late-notice UFC debut against Brad Pickett — in his last seven outings.
The 35-year-old former Cage Warriors champion, who also hails from Dublin, rebounded from that loss to Pickett by picking up dominant wins against Phil Harris and Chris Beal.
His opponent, Louis Smolka, also has a 2-1 UFC record, with his only loss so far coming via split decision against former flyweight world title challenger Chris Cariaso.
The bout comes after Seery and Smolka exchanged pleasantries on Twitter back in January.
Pity it’s nearly over. It was brilliant.
These games were fantastic. Helped me forget about the doom and gloom for a bit over the last two weeks. Loved the swimming,the track events& cycling Bolt and Co were amazing. And of course our own team did a great job. Hopefully it will inspire kids out there and bring pride back to this country.
I really enjoyed the games! Thought after the amazing opening ceremony everything that followed would be a let down but by god I was wrong! Absolutely loved watching the sports, some of which I had never seen before! London did good, it has to be said! And well done and congrats to all who flew the flag for Ireland! Ye all did us proud!(“,)
Great two weeks of entertainment and a chance to forget the doom and gloom. Just shows what a bit of success can do for our national sense of well being. We really needed the lift. Hope it’s not spoilt by petty wrangling over money and unnecessary interference by politicians. Best moments were of course Katie Taylor and the boxers and other great performances by Annalise Murphy, Cian O Connor, Rob Heffernan and Gavin Noble. A sport I had never seen before was the dressage and I found it fascinating. Horses can dance! Amazing!
Sweden playing France in the Handball not the Volleyball !
Two sports we do not Care about either way! Volleyball is only good if played on a beach by cute women ;)
What about the boxing officials sent hope and Russia saying boxing is fixed ???
And let’s not forget the thousands of Irish fans that made it over to London for the games, who otherwise might not have been able to go if it was halfway across the world, it probably is the closest we will ever have to a HOME GAMES so that has been fantastic, London should be proud of the games they have put on.