A lightweight bout has been verbally agreed for UFC Fight Night Atlantic City on July 16th as Edson Barboza will meet Evan Dunham.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday morning.
UFC Fight Night Atlantic City will come from the Ovation Hall inside the Revel Casino and will be headlined by Donald Cerrone meeting Jim Miller in a five round lightweight bout.
Barboza (13-2) has won seven of his nine fights in the UFC and four of those wins have come by stoppage. He will enter this fight following a defeat as he was submitted at last month’s UFC on FOX 11 against Donald Cerrone and it snapped a three fight winning streak.
Dunham (14-5) is also entering this fight following a submission defeat against Donald Cerrone. He has been defeated in two of his last three fights and his only victory in his last three fights came at UFC 156 against Gleison Tibau.
The current UFC Fight Night Atlantic City fight card is below.
Donald Cerrone (23-6, 1NC) vs. Jim Miller (24-4, 1NC)
John Lineker (19-6) vs. Alptekin Ozkilic (9-2)
John Howard (22-9) vs. Rick Story (16-8)
Pat Healy (29-19, 1NC) vs. Gleison Tibau (28-10)
Edson Barboza (13-2) vs. Evan Dunham (14-5)