TORONTO – The tallest heavyweight in the UFC is taking on the shortest.
Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve will fight Pat (HD) Barry on the UFC’s televised card Oct. 1 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
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Struve (24-5) is six foot 11 while Barry (6-3) is five foot 11.
The weight difference between the two is more modest – Struve is listed at 238 pounds while Barry is 235.
The UFC tweeted a photo of the two taken outside the cage with Struve resting his elbow on Barry’s head.
Struve, from the Netherlands, is coming off bouts against six-foot-seven Travis Browne and Sean McCorkle, and six-foot-six Christian Morecraft.
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