A lightweight bout has been booked for UFC 194 in Las Vegas on December 12 as Ultimate Fighter alum Joe Proctor will meet Magomed Mustafaev on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was initially reported by the Boston Herald on Tuesday.
UFC 194 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 12 and will be headlined by a featherweight title unification bout as champion Jose Aldo meets interim champion Conor McGregor.
Proctor (11-3) is coming off a win against Justin Edwards in June and has gone 4-2 in the UFC. Three of his four wins in the UFC have come by finish and he defeated Edwards by submission with two seconds left in their fight. Mustafaev (12-1) won his UFC debut in June by TKO against Piotr Hallmann. It was his eleventh straight victory and all of his victories have come by stoppage.
The current UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor fight card is below.
Jose Aldo (25-1) vs. Conor McGregor (18-2)
Chris Weidman (13-0) vs. Luke Rockhold (14-2)
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (22-3, 1NC) vs. Yoel Romero (10-1)
Warlley Alves (10-0) vs. Colby Covington (8-0)
Court McGee (16-4) vs. Marcio Alexandre Jr. (11-2)
John Makdessi (13-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (11-3, 1NC)
Leonardo Santos (14-3-1) vs. Kevin Lee (11-1)
Joe Proctor (11-3) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (12-1)