A lightweight bout is slated to take place at UFC Fight Night 69 in Berlin as Mairbek Taisumov will meet Alan Patrick.
The fight booking was reported initially by Combate and while the UFC has not officially announced the fight, Patrick confirmed the fight on Twitter.
UFC Fight Night 69 will come from the O2 World Berlin and will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout as Alexander Gustafsson meets Glover Teixeira.
Taisumov (23-5) has won three of his four fights in the UFC since entering the promotion at the beginning of 2014. He has won back to back fights by knockout and the most recent one came at UFC on FOX 14 against Anthony Christodoulou. Patrick (12-0) made his UFC debut in 2013 and won his debut against Garett Whiteley by TKO in the first round. His last appearance in the octagon came in February of last year as he defeated John Makdessi by decision at UFC 169.
The current UFC Fight Night 69: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira fight card is below.
Alexander Gustafsson (16-3) vs. Glover Teixeira (22-4)
Niklas Backstrom (8-1, 1NC) vs. Noah Lahat (8-1)
Dennis Siver (22-10, 1NC) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (33-8-2)
Nick Hein (11-2, 1NC) vs. Lukasz Sajewski (13-0)
Mairbek Taisumov (23-5) vs. Alan Patrick (12-0)