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Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marin booked for UFC 200

A lightweight bout has been booked for UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas as Sage Northcutt will look to get back on track when he meets Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2 welterweight finalist Enrique Marin.

UFC officials confirmed the fight booking on Thursday.

UFC 200 will come from the T-Mobile Arena and will be headlined by a welterweight rematch as Nate Diaz looks for his second win against current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

Northcutt (7-1) was signed by the UFC last year and opened with back to back victories in the promotion. He suffered his first defeat in January at UFC on FOX 18 as he was submitted by Bryan Barberena. Marin (8-3) lost to Erick Montano by split decision in the welterweight tournament final of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2 in November of last year. The defeat snapped a six fight winning streak and five of his eight wins have come by submission.

The current UFC 200: Diaz vs. McGregor II fight card is below.

Nate Diaz (19-10) vs. Conor McGregor (19-3)
Jose Aldo (25-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (20-4-1)
Cain Velasquez (13-2) vs. Travis Browne (18-3-1)
Johny Hendricks (17-4) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-2)
Derek Brunson (15-3) vs. Gegard Mousasi (38-6-2)
Joe Lauzon (25-11) vs. Diego Sanchez (26-8)
Takanori Gomi (35-11, 1NC) vs. Jim Miller (25-8, 1NC)
Sage Northcutt (7-1) vs. Enrique Marin (8-3)