Ilir Latifi Faces Gian Villante at UFC 196

According to mmajunkie.com, a light heavyweight bout between Ilir Latifi (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Gian Villante (14-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has been added to UFC 196. This will be a 48-day turn around for Latifi. UFC 196 (formerly UFC 197) takes place March 5 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena with the following card…

* Champ Rafael dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor – for lightweight title
* Champ Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate – for women’s bantamweight title
* Corey Anderson vs. Tom Lawlor
* Erick Silva vs. Nordine Taleb
* Darren Elkins vs. Chas Skelly
* Jim Miller vs. Diego Sanchez
* Marcelo Guimaraes vs. Vitor Miranda
* Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko
* Ilir Latifi vs. Gian Villante