A bantamweight bout has been announced for UFC Fight Night 58 as Ulka Sasaki will look for his second win in the promotion has he faces Leandro Issa on the December 20th card in Brazil.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on late Thursday evening.
UFC Fight Night 58 is expected to come from the Jose Correa Arena in Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 20th and will be headlined by Lyoto Machida facing C.B. Dollaway in a middleweight bout.
Sasaki (18-1-2) made his UFC debut in August at UFC Fight Night 48 and submitted Roland Delorme in the first round. It was his ninth career win by submission and he is currently on a twelve fight unbeaten streak.
Issa (12-4) was signed by the UFC late last year and lost his promotional debut to Russell Doane at UFC Fight Night 34 at the beginning of the year. He returned at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale in July and scored a submission victory over Jumabieke Tuerxun.
The current UFC Fight Night 58: Machida vs. Dollaway fight card is below.
Lyoto Machida (21-5) vs. C.B. Dollaway (15-5)
Igor Pokrajac (25-11, 1NC) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (12-2-1)
Patrick Cummins (6-1) vs. Antonio Carlos Junior (4-0)
Charlie Brenneman (19-7) vs. Leandro Silva (16-2-1)
Rashid Magomedov (17-1) vs. Elias Silverio (11-0)
Ulka Sasaki (18-1-2) vs. Leandro Issa (12-4)