A featherweight bout is being targeted to take place at UFC 164 on August 31st in Milwaukee with Dustin Poirier meeting Erik Koch.
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The UFC has not officially announced the fight at this time but both fighters have confirmed the fight on Twitter after the fight was reported by MMAWeekly.com.
Poirier (13-3) is currently ranked number seven in the official UFC media rankings and has won five of his seven fights in the organization.
He is coming off a decision lost to Cub Swanson at UFC on FUEL TV 7 in February and two of his three career defeats have come by decision.
Koch (13-2) has won two of his three fights in the UFC since coming over to the organization from the WEC. He is currently ranked number ten in the official UFC media rankings and was defeated by Ricardo Lamas at UFC on FOX 6 in January. It was his first fight since 2011 and it snapped a four fight winning streak.
UFC 164 takes place on August 31st from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee and the UFC is expected to announce the main event and on sale ticket information in the near future.