The latest fight booking to the UFC 178 fight card on September 27th is a lightweight bout as Kevin Lee and Jon Tuck have verbally agreed to meet on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday.
UFC 178 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on September 27th and will be headlined by Jon Jones defending the UFC light heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier.
Lee (8-1) was signed by the UFC at the beginning of this year and lost his promotional debut at UFC 169 against Al Iaquinta. He would score his first UFC victory last month in his second UFC fight as he defeated Jesse Ronson by split decision at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale.
Tuck (8-1) made his UFC debut in 2010 and won his debut by decision against Zhang Tiequan. After being defeated by Norman Parke at UFC Fight Night 30 last year, he returned in June and submitted Jake Lindsey at UFC Fight Night 42.
The current UFC 178: Jones vs. Cormier fight card is below.
Jon Jones (20-1) vs. Daniel Cormier (15-0)
Tim Kennedy (18-4) vs. Yoel Romero (8-1)
Dominick Cruz (19-1) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (20-7-2)
Cat Zingano (8-0) vs. Amanda Nunes (9-3)
Brian Ebersole (50-16, 1NC) vs. John Howard (22-9)
Patrick Cote (20-8) vs. Stephen Thompson (9-1)
Conor McGregor (15-2) vs. Dustin Poirier (16-3)
Bobby Green (23-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (27-8)
Kevin Lee (8-1) vs. Jon Tuck (8-1)