A middleweight bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night 69 card in Berlin, Germany on June 20 as Scott Askham will meet Antonio dos Santos on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Friday morning.
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.
Askham (12-1) made his UFC debut last year and was defeated by Magnus Cedenblad at UFC Fight Night 53. Prior to entering the UFC, nine of his twelve wins came by stoppage and seven of those came by TKO/KO. Dos Santos (6-2) also lost his UFC debut last year as he lost to Daniel Sarafian at UFC Fight Night 58. The defeat snapped a four fight winning streak and four of his six wins have come by TKO/KO.
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)
Scott Askham (12-1) vs. Antonio dos Santos (6-2)