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The UFC Fight Night London fight card is taking shape following the announcement of two new middleweight matches featuring local fighters Scott Askham and Bradley Scott.

Scott Askham (13-2, fighting out of Doncaster, England) will face off against Chris Dempsey having lost his last fight to Krzysztof Jotko back in November at UFC Dublin. Prior to that fight, Askham had won impressively earlier in the year against Antônio dos Santos Jr back in June at UFC Fight Night Berlin.

Askham's opponent Dempsey will be having his first ever clash at middleweight having suffered two first round knockout defeats in his previous three fights at light heavyweight. Pennsylvania native Dempsey’s last win came over Eddie Gordon. After a brief move up to light heavyweight, he’ll now look to make a swift transition back down to 185lbs to meet Askham.

The other middleweight clash added to the card will see Bradley Scott taking on Askham's previous conqueror Krzysztof Jotko.

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Bradley 'Bear' Scott (10-3, from Melksham, England) was last back in action at UFC Fight Night Adelaide, where he defeated Dylan Andrews via submission. Nicknamed “Bear”, Scott has been fighting in the UFC since December 2012 and will looking to claim his third UFC victory competing in his home country for the first time since March 2014.

His opponent, Jotko will be looking to repeat his performance in November against Askham and will be looking to silence the London crowd on February 27 by claiming his third consecutive win inside the Octagon

UFC Fight Night London marks UFC’s return to England after almost two years’ absence. Tickets to the event sold out in just 27 minutes and it will take place at the London 02 Arena.

Also set to compete at UFC Fight Night London are British fighters Michael “The Count” Bisping, who takes on Holland’s Gegard Mousasi, Birmingham’s Tom Breese, who faces Japan’s Keita Nakamura, Mike Wilkinson who meets Makwan Amirkhani, Londoner Brad Pickett who goes up against Henry Briones and Davey Grant who tackles Marlon Vera.

UFC Fight Night London 2016 | February 27th 2016