A bantamweight bout has been added to UFC 161 on June 15th in Winnipeg as Yves Jabouin meeting Dustin Pague.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Wednesday afternoon and the fight will take place on the preliminary card.
UFC 161 takes place from the MTS Centre in Winnipeg and will be headlined by Renan Barao defending the interim UFC bantamweight title against Eddie Wineland.
Jabouin (18-8) is a five fight veteran of the UFC and came to the organization in the merger with the WEC. After losing his UFC debut at UFC 129, he dropped to the bantamweight division and won three straight. His winning streak was snapped at UFC on FUEL TV 5 last year when he was defeated by Brad Pickett.
Pague (11-7) entered the UFC during The Ultimate Fighter 14 and has lost three of his four fights in the organization. He is currently on a two fight losing streak with both of those losses coming by decision and the most recent defeat coming at UFC 150 against Chico Camus.
The current UFC 161 card is below:
Renan Barao (30-1, 1NC) vs. Eddie Wineland (20-8-1) – Interim BW Title
Dan Henderson (29-9) vs. Rashad Evans (17-3-1)
Mauricio Rua (21-7) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueria (21-5)
Jake Shields (27-6-1, 1NC) vs. Tyron Woodley (11-1)
Stipe Miocic (9-1) vs. Soa Palelei (18-3)
Pat Barry (8-5) vs. Shawn Jordan (14-4)
Sean Pierson (13-6) vs. T.J. Waldburger (16-7)
Sam Stout (19-8-1) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (14-3-1)
Ryan Jimmo (17-2) vs. Igor Pokrajac (25-9)
Yves Jabouin (18-8) vs. Dustin Pague (11-7)
Mitch Clarke (9-2) vs. John Maguire (18-5)
Roland Delorme (8-1) vs. Edwin Figueroa (9-2)