Eddie Gordon vs. Chris Dempsey added to April’s UFC on FOX 15 in New Jersey

The latest addition to the UFC on FOX 15 card on April 18 in Newark, New Jersey is a middleweight bout as Ultimate Fighter 19 winner Eddie Gordon will meet Chris Dempsey on the preliminary card. UFC ON FOX: Logo. CR: FOX SPORTS

The fight announcement was made by the UFC on Friday afternoon.

UFC on FOX 15 will come from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on April 18 and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Lyoto Machida meets Luke Rockhold.

Gordon (7-2) defeated Dhiego Lima to win the Ultimate Fighter 19 middleweight tournament and he won that fight by knockout in 71-seconds. He returned in December and suffered his second defeat in his last four official fights as Josh Samman scored a knockout in the second round.

Dempsey (10-2) made his UFC debut last year and was defeated by Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night 46. The defeat snapped an eight fight winning streak and was his first defeat since 2012.

The current UFC on FOX 15: Machida vs. Rockhold fight card is below.

Lyoto Machida (22-5) vs. Luke Rockhold (13-2)
Aljamain Sterling (10-0) vs. Manny Gamburyan (14-8, 1NC)
Jim Miller (24-5, 1NC) vs. Paul Felder (9-0)
Felice Herrig (10-5) vs. Paige VanZant (4-1)
Eddie Gordon (7-2) vs. Chris Dempsey (10-2)