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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The second fight for the UFC's return to Stockholm, Sweden, has been announced, as featherweights Niklas Backstrom and Mike Wilkinson will square off on the Oct. 4 card.
Backstrom made a highly impressive UFC debut in June at UFC Fight Night 43 in Berlin, Germany, scoring a first round submission over Tom Niinimaki. The win moved the 24-year-old's perfect career record to 8-0, and he scored his first $50,000 "Fight Night" bonus in the process.
He'll now try to continue that momentum against Wilkinson, who has split his two appearances in the Octagon thus far. He returns to action for the first time in over a year, having suffered his first career loss to Rony Jason in June of 2013.
The UFC Fight Night 53 event in Stockholm is one of two events on Oct. 4, and will air live on UFC Fight Pass, though no headliner is yet set.
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