A lightweight bout will be the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 51 on September 13th in Brazil as Gleison Tibau will meet Piotr Hallman.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Tuesday.
UFC Fight Night 51 will come from the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasila, Brazil and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Andrei Arlovski meets Antonio Silva.
Tibau (29-10) has won three of his last four and seven of ten. He is coming off a decision win against Pat Healy at UFC Fight Night 45 and his last two wins have come by decision.
Hallman (15-2) is coming off a submission win in June against Yves Edwards and has won two of his three fights in the UFC. In both of his UFC wins, he has won a performance of the night bonus.
Along with announcing Tibau vs. Hallman as the co-main event, the UFC made Godofredo Pepey vs. Dashon Johnson and Francisco Trinaldo vs. Efrain Escudero official for the fight card.
The current UFC Fight Night 51: Arlovski vs. Silva II is below.
Andrei Arlovski (22-10) vs. Antonio Silva (18-5)
Gleison Tibau (29-10) vs. Piotr Hallman (15-2)
Leonardo Santos (12-3-1) vs. Lukasz Sajewski (13-0)
Sergio Moraes (8-3) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (19-2)
Igor Araujo (25-6, 1NC) vs. George Sullivan (15-3, 1NC)
Paulo Thiago (15-7) vs. TBD
Jessica Andrade (11-3) vs. Valerie Letourneau (6-3)
Rani Yahya (19-8, 1NC) vs. Johnny Bedford (19-11-1, 1NC)
Godofredo Pepey (10-3) vs. Dashon Johnson (9-1)
Francisco Trinaldo (14-4) vs. Efrain Escudero (22-8)