A featherweight bout has been added to UFC Fight Night 36 in Brazil on February 15th as Maximo Blanco will meet Felipe Arantes.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday and will be placed on the preliminary card.
UFC Fight Night 36 will come from Jaragua do Sol, Brazil on February 15th and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida meets Gegard Mousasi.
Blanco (9-5-1, 1NC) has dropped two of his three fights since entering the UFC after having one fight in Strikeforce. His only win in the UFC came at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale as he defeated Sam Sicilia by unanimous decision.
Arantes (15-6-1, 2NC) made his debut in the UFC in 2011 at UFC 134 and lost a decision to Yuri Alcantara. He would go unbeaten in his next three fights (2-0-1) but lost a split decision to Kevin Souza at UFC Fight Night 29 in his last UFC bout.
The current UFC Fight Night 36: Machida vs. Mousasi card is below.
Lyoto Machida (20-4) vs. Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2)
Ronaldo Souza (19-3, 1NC) vs. Francis Carmont (22-7)
Cristiano Marcello (13-5) vs. Joe Proctor (8-2)
Viscardi Andrade (17-5) vs. Nico Musoke (11-2, 1NC)
Charles Oliveira (16-4, 1NC) vs. Andy Ogle (9-3)
Francisco Trinaldo (13-3) vs. Jesse Ronson (13-3)
Thiago Tavares (18-5-1) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (15-3)
Rodrigo Damm (11-6) vs. Ivan Jorge (25-3)
Iuri Alcantara (28-5, 1NC) vs. Wilson Reis (17-4)
Maximo Blanco (9-5-1, 1NC) vs. Felipe Arantes (15-6-1, 2NC)