A middleweight bout has been added to the UFC 183 card on January 31st in Las Vegas as Rafael Natal will meet Tom Watson on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday.
UFC 183 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 31st and will be headlined by former middleweight champion Anderson Silva facing former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz.
Natal (18-6-1) entered the UFC in 2010 and he has won four of his last six fights in the promotion. In his last fight, he snapped a two fight losing streak as he defeated Chris Camozzi by split decision at UFC Fight Night 50.
Watson (17-7) also snapped a two fight losing streak in his last fight as he defeated Sam Alvey by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 47 in August. He has gone 2-3 since entering the UFC in 2012 and his other win in the promotion came against Stanislav Nedkov.
The current UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz fight card is below.
Anderson Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (26-9, 1NC)
Thiago Alves (20-9) vs. Jordan Mein (29-9)
Thiago Santos (9-3) vs. Andy Enz (7-2)
Ildemar Alcantara (20-7) vs. Richardson Moreira (7-2)
Thales Leites (24-7) vs. Tim Boetsch (18-7)
Diego Brandao (18-10) vs. Jimy Hettes (11-2)
Miesha Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1)
Rafael Natal (18-6-1) vs. Tom Watson (17-7)