A middleweight bout has been announced for UFC Fight Night 44 in San Antonio on June 28th as Andrew Craig will meet TUF Brazil 1 winner Cezar Ferreira.
The fight booking was officially announced by the UFC on late Tuesday evening.
UFC Fight Night 44 will come from the AT&T Center and will be headlined by Cub Swanson meeting Jeremy Stephens in a scheduled five round featherweight bout.
Craig (9-2) opened his UFC career with two straight wins, but has dropped two of his last three fights. His most recent appearance in the octagon came at UFC Fight Night 30 in October as he was submitted in the second round by Luke Barnatt.
Ferreira (7-3) won the inaugural season of TUF Brazil and won his first three fights in the organization. His winning streak was stopped last month as he was defeated by TUF alum C.B. Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 38.
The current UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens fight card is below.
Cub Swanson (20-5) vs. Jeremy Stephens (23-9)
Kelvin Gastelum (8-0) vs. Nico Musoke (12-2, 1NC)
Carlos Diego Ferreira (9-0) vs. Colton Smith (3-3)
Andy Enz (7-1) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (8-1-1)
Anthony Hamilton (12-2) vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk (48-9-1)
Johnny Beford (19-10, 1NC) vs. Rani Yahya (19-8, 1NC)
Andrew Craig (9-2) vs. Cezar Ferreira (7-3)