Japanese bantamweight Michinori Tanaka has been signed by the UFC and he will make his debut in the organization in June when he faces Roland Delorme at UFC 174.
The fight booking was initially reported by Joe Ferraro of Sportsnet and was later confirmed by UFC officials.
UFC 174 will come from Rogers Centre on June 14th and the main event for the fight card has not been announced at this time.
Tanaka (9-0) enters the UFC after being the Pacific Extreme Combat bantamweight champion and his last two victories have come by unanimous decision. During his career, five of his victories have come by submission and four of them have been by either triangle or rear-naked choke.
Delorme (9-2, 1NC) was scheduled to meet Davey Grant at UFC Fight Night 37 earlier this month, but the fight was canceled after the weigh-ins when it was learned that Grant had a torn meniscus. Since entering the UFC, Delorme has a record of 3-1, 1NC and two of those wins have come by rear-naked choke submission.
The current UFC 174 fight card is below and the UFC will be announcing ticket information for this card shortly.
Mike Easton (13-4) vs. Yves Jabouin (19-9)
Daniel Sarafian (8-4) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (16-5-2, 1NC)
Michinori Tanaka (9-0) vs. Roland Delorme (9-2, 1NC)