A bantamweight bout that was reported earlier today is now official as Thomas Almeida will meet Anthony Birchak at UFC Fight Night 77.
UFC officials announced the fight booking on Wednesday evening.
UFC Fight Night 77 will come from Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 7 and will be headlined by a trilogy bout between Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson.
Almeida (19-0) made his UFC debut last year and has gone 3-0 in the promotion. His most recent win came in July as he defeated Brad Pickett by knockout and he recently signed a new contract with the UFC. Birchak (12-2) has gone 1-1 in the UFC and is coming off a win in June against Joe Soto. He won that fight by TKO and four of his ten stoppage wins have come by TKO/KO.
The current UFC Fight Night 77: Belfort vs. Henderson III fight card is below.
Vitor Belfort (24-11) vs. Dan Henderson (31-13)
Glover Teixeira (23-4) vs. Patrick Cummins (8-2)
Gilbert Burns (10-0) vs. Rashid Magomedov (18-1)
Gleison Tibau (33-11) vs. Abel Trujillo (12-6, 1NC)
Matheus Nicolau Pereira (10-1-1) vs. Bruno Rodrigues (4-0)
Yan Cabral (12-1) vs. Johnny Case (21-4)
Tom Lawlor (10-5, 1NC) vs. Fabio Maldonado (22-8)
Viscardi Andrade (17-6) vs. Gasan Umalatov (15-4-1)
Alex Oliveira (12-2-1, 1NC) vs. Piotr Hallmann (15-4)
Thomas Almeida (19-0) vs. Anthony Birchak (12-2)