A light heavyweight bout has been added to UFC Fight Night 33 in Australia as Anthony Perosh will meet Ryan Bader.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Thursday and the bout will be apart of the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
UFC Fight Night 33 will take place from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in on December 7th in Australia and will be headlined by Mark Hunt meeting Antonio Silva in a heavyweight bout. The event will air live in the United States on December 6th, due to the time difference between United States and Australia.
Perosh (14-7) has won four of his last five fights and all of those wins have come by stoppage. His last two wins have come by TKO/KO with the most recent victory coming against Vinny Magalhaes at UFC 163 which he won the knockout of the night bonus.
Bader (15-4) opened his career with twelve straight victories but is 3-4 in his last seven bouts. He will enter this fight coming off a defeat as Glover Teixeira defeated him by TKO in the main event of UFC Fight Night 28 earlier this month.
The current UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Silva card is below.
Mark Hunt (9-8) vs. Antonio Silva (18-5)
Mauricio Rua (21-8) vs. James Te Huna (16-6)
Anthony Perosh (14-7) vs. Ryan Bader (15-4)
Soa Palelei (19-3) vs. Pat Barry (8-6)
Dylan Andrews (17-4, 1NC) vs. Clint Hester (8-3)