A middleweight bout has been added to April’s UFC of FOX 11 card as Ultimate Fighter alum Josh Samman will face Caio Magalhaes.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday afternoon and the bout will be placed on the preliminary card.
UFC on FOX 11 takes place from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida on April 19th and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Travis Browne meets Fabricio Werdum in a potential number one contenders bout.
Samman (10-2) was a semifinalist during The Ultimate Fighter 17 and was defeated by eventual winner Kelvin Gastelum by submission. He made his official UFC debut against Kevin Casey at the live finale and won the fight in the second would by TKO. He was scheduled to face Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 26, but an injury forced him out of the fight.
Magalhaes (7-1) has won back to back fights after losing his UFC debut to Buddy Roberts at UFC on FX 3 in 2012. He is coming off a decision victory against Nick Ring at UFC Fight Night 33 in December and it was his third victory to come by decision.
The current UFC on FOX 11: Browne vs. Werdum card is below.
Travis Browne (16-1-1) vs. Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1)
Miesha Tate (13-5) vs. Liz Carmouche (9-4)
Donald Cerrone (22-6, 1NC) vs. Edson Barboza (13-1)
Rafael dos Anjos (20-6) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov (21-0)
Brad Tavares (12-1) vs. Yoel Romero (7-1)
Pat Healy (31-17, 1NC) vs. Jorge Masvidal (25-8)
Josh Samman (10-2) vs. Caio Magalhaes (7-1)