A flyweight bout has been added to UFC Fight Night on October 26th in Manchester as John Lineker will meet Phil Harris.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Friday morning and the bout is likely to take place on the main card on Fox Sports 2.
UFC Fight Night on October 26th will come from the Manchester Arena and will be headlined by Michael Bisping facing Mark Munoz in a five round middleweight bout.
Lineker (22-6) has won three fights in a row after losing his UFC debut to Louis Gaudinot in May of last year. His last two wins have come by TKO in the second round and most recently defeated Jose Marie at UFC 163 last weekend.
Harris (22-10, 1NC) entered the UFC late last year and has gone 1-1 in the promotion with his UFC victory coming at the beginning of the year when he defeated Ulysses Gomez. He was scheduled to meet Lineker at UFC 163 but an injury pulled him off the card due to a fractured orbital bone suffered while training for the fight.
The current UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Munoz card is below:
Michael Bisping (24-5) vs. Mark Munoz (13-3)
Ross Pearson (15-6) vs. Melvin Guillard (31-12-2, 1NC)
John Lineker (22-6) vs. Phil Harris (22-10, 1NC)