Earlier today, the UFC announced three European-based events over the next few months, including a debut appearance in Krakow, Poland on April 11th. Confirmed for the main event is a heavyweight rematch from 2007, as Mirko Filipovic meets once more with Gabriel Gonzaga on the Fight Pass-streamed card. Light heavyweights Jimi Manuwa and Jan Blachowicz will take part in the co-main event, with the rest of the bout order to be announced later.

Cro-Cop (30-11-2, 1 NC) had announced his retirement from MMA after losing to Roy Nelson at UFC 137 in 2011, but made his return to the sport just one year later. The former PRIDE GP Open-weight champion won 3 of his 4 post-UFC fights, including a head kick TKO of Satoshi Ishii on New Year's Eve 2014 in Japan. The 40-year-old has also been active in kickboxing, going 7-1 in his last 8 fights on the European circuit and in Glory.

Gonzaga (16-9) is on a two-fight skid which includes a decision loss to Stipe Miocic and a 1st round TKO against Matt Mitrione. "Napao" was released from the UFC in 2010 but brought back in 2011, and he rattled off 4 wins out of 5 in his return. Obviously his most famous triumph is his shocking head kick KO of Cro-Cop back in 2007 in the main event of UFC 70. Cro-Cop garnered all the hype following his PRIDE run, and the expectation was that we'd be seeing him against Randy Couture for the heavyweight title. Gonzaga disrupted those plans with one of the most shocking outcomes in MMA history, ended up challenging Couture instead before losing via 4th round TKO.

Fast forward eight years later and it's clear that wear-and-tear has set in on these battle-worn veterans. You can't expect either man to be competing in the sport much longer, but they'll be squaring off again this April in Poland, and it will be scheduled for 5 rounds.