A bantamweight bout has been added to the UFC 175 fight card on July 5th in Las Vegas as former title challenger Urijah Faber will meet Alex Caceres.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Wednesday.
UFC 175 will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on July 5th and is scheduled to be headlined by Chris Weidman defending the UFC middleweight title against former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
Faber (30-7) had his four fight winning streak snapped in February when he was defeated by bantamweight champion Renan Barao. Prior to his second fight with Barao, three of his last four wins had come by submission and all of his defeats in the UFC have come in title fights.
Caceres (10-5, 1NC) is unbeaten in his last five fights and is 5-1, 1NC since moving down to the bantamweight division. His most recent win came in January as he won the fight of the night and submission of the night bonus against Sergio Pettis at UFC on FOX 10.
The current UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida fight card is below.
Chris Weidman (11-0) vs. Lyoto Machida (21-4)
Ronda Rousey (9-0) vs. Alexis Davis (16-5)
Uriah Hall (8-4) vs. Thiago Santos (9-2)
Chris Camozzi (19-7) vs. Bruno Santos (13-1)
Santiago Ponzinibbio (18-2) vs. Ildemar Alcantara (20-6)
Stefan Struve (25-6) vs. Matt Mitrione (7-3)
Urijah Faber (30-7) vs. Alex Caceres (10-5, 1NC)