Joseph Duffy signs with the UFC, meets Vagner Rocha at UFC 185

The last man to defeat Conor McGregor is now in the UFC as Joseph Duffy has signed with the promotion and will meet Vagner Rocha as UFC 185. UFC 185

UFC officials announced the fight booking on Monday.

UFC 185 will come from the American Airlines Center on March 14th and will be headlined by Anthony Pettis defending the UFC lightweight title against Rafael dos Anjos.

Duffy (12-1) has won back to back fights and is coming off a knockout win in November against Julian Boussuge at Cage Warriors 77. Back in 2010, he defeated McGregor by submission and eight of his career wins have come by submission. Rocha (11-4) returned to the UFC in November and was submitted by Jake Matthews. The defeat snapped a four fight winning streak and eight of his wins have come by submission.

The current UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos fight card is below.

Anthony Pettis (18-2) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (23-7)
Carla Esparza (10-2) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (8-0)
Roy Nelson (20-10) vs. Alistair Overeem (38-14, 1NC)
Matt Brown (19-12) vs. Johny Hendricks (16-3)
Henry Cejudo (7-0) vs. Chris Cariaso (17-6)
Sergio Pettis (12-1) vs. Ryan Benoit (7-3)
Elias Theodorou (10-0) vs. Roger Narvaez (7-1)
Ross Pearson (16-8, 1NC) vs. Sam Stout (20-10-1)
Daron Cruickshank (16-5, 1NC) vs. Beneil Dariush (9-1)
Joseph Duffy (12-1) vs. Vagner Rocha (11-4)