Two fights have been added to April’s UFC 186 in Montreal as Thomas Almeida will meet Yves Jabouin in a bantamweight bout and in a lightweight bout, Abel Trujillo faces John Makdessi.
Both fight booking were announced by the UFC on Thursday.
UFC 186 will come from the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 25 and will be headlined by a title rematch as T.J. Dillashaw defends the bantamweight title against Renan Barao.
Almeida (17-0) won his UFC debut in March when he defeated Tim Gorman by decision and it was the first time he went the distance in his career. Thirteen of his wins have come by TKO/KO and fifteen of his wins have come on the first round. Jabouin (20-9) has won two of his last three fights and is coming off a win at UFC 174 against Mike Easton. His win over Easton came by decision and all of his wins in the UFC have come by decision.
Trujillo (12-6, 1NC) is coming off a defeat to Tony Ferguson in December and he has gone 3-2, 1NC in the UFC. All three of his wins in the UFC have come by TKO/KO, including a fight night bonus at UFC 169 against Jamie Varner. Makdessi (12-3) will also enter this fight following a defeat as he lost to Alan Patrick at UFC 169. Prior to that defeat, he had won three fights in a row.
The current UFC 186: Dillashaw vs. Barao II fight card is below.
T.J. Dillashaw (11-2) vs. Renan Barao (33-2, 1NC)
Rory MacDonald (18-2) vs. Hector Lombard (35-4-1, 1NC)
Quinton Jackson (35-11) vs. Fabio Maldonaldo (22-7)
Michael Bisping (25-7) vs. C.B. Dolloway (15-6)
Patrick Cote (20-9) vs. Joe Riggs (40-15, 1NC)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (6-1) vs. David Michaud (8-1)
Jessica Rakoczy (1-4) vs. Valerie Letourneau (6-3)
Nordine Taleb (10-2) vs. Claudio Silva (11-1)
Thomas Almeida (17-0) vs. Yves Jabouin (20-9)
Abel Trujillo (12-6, 1NC) vs. John Makdessi (12-3)