Cage Warriors is set to return to one of the promotion's regular destinations in 2025 with CW 186 taking place at Indigo at The O2 on March 21.
The first match-up has now been made official for the card as two former Dana White's Contender Series competitors look to get back in the win column.
It's become a common occurrence that when the UFC comes to London, CW makes it into a blockbuster weekend of fights in the capital by hosting a show in the same building on the night before.
With the MMA leader in town, you can always expect to see some of the top fighters in Europe on these cards with the hopes of impressing some influential figures who may be in attendance.
That is exactly what Will Currie and Eli Aronov will look to do on March 21 as the two middleweights attempt to bounce back from their losses at the UFC Apex.
England's Currie appeared on the 2024 season back in September where he was beaten by Djorden Santos via a unanimous decision.
"Drago" has spent the majority of his career in Cage Warriors as a former title challenger who has accumulated a record of 8-3 in the iconic yellow gloves with two of those losses coming to the UFC's Christian Leroy Duncan.
Before making his way to Las Vegas to fight for a UFC contract, he was riding a three-fight win and finish streak to rebuild momentum after his title fight loss against Mick Stanton.
Israel's Aronov is the less experienced of the two with a pro record of 6-1, compared to Currie at 12-4.
He also hasn't fought since a loss on the Contender Series but he competed on last year's season, suffering a first-round submission loss against Zach Reese in August of 2023.
Reese is currently riding the momentum of back-to-back wins inside the Octagon after losing his debut fight to Cody Brundage, with a return set for UFC 311 in January where he takes on Sedriques Dumas.
Cage Warriors 186 is just one of the stops on the promotion's European tour that is booked in for the first few months of the new year, including events in Rome, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow.
