A bantamweight bout between TUF Latin America finalist has been added to the UFC Fight Night 68 card in New Orleans as Jose Quinonez vs. Leonardo Morales.
The fight booking was recently announced by the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 68 will come from the Smoothie King Center on June 6 and will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout as former title challenger Daniel Cormier meets Ryan Bader.
Quinonez (3-2) was a finalist in the bantamweight tournament and lost in the final to Alejandro Perez at UFC 180. He has dropped back to back fights after starting his career with three straight wins. Morales (4-1) is dropping down to the bantamweight division after losing to Yair Rodriguez in the featherweight final. All of his wins have come by stoppage and both of his TKO wins have come via doctor stoppage.
The current UFC Fight Night 68: Cormier vs. Bader fight card is below.
Daniel Cormier (15-1) vs. Ryan Bader (19-4)
Matt Mitrione (9-3) vs. Ben Rothwell (34-9)
Tim Boetsch (18-8) vs. Dan Henderson (30-13)
Joe Proctor (10-3) vs. Justin Edwards (8-4)
Derrick Lewis (12-3, 1NC) vs. Shawn Jordan (17-8)
Brian Ebersole (51-16-1, 1NC) vs. Omari Akhmedov (14-2)
Daniel Sarafian (9-5) vs. Ricardo Abreu (5-0)
Joe Soto (15-3) vs. Anthony Birchak (11-2)
Dustin Poirier (17-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (11-2, 1NC)
Jose Quinonez (3-2) vs. Leonardo Morales (4-1)