A featherweight bout has been booked for UFC 197 on March 5 in Las Vegas as Chas Skelly will look for his fifth win in a tow when he meets Darren Elkins.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday evening.
UFC 197 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena and will be headlined by a title fight as Rafael dos Anjos defends the lightweight title against current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
Skelly (15-1) entered the UFC in 2014 and since dropping his promotional debut against Mirsad Bektic, he has won four in a row and three of those wins have come by stoppage. His most recent win came in November as he submitted Kevin Souza at UFC Fight Night 77. Elkins (19-5) will also enter this fight following a win as he scored a decision against Robert Whiteford at UFC Fight Night 76. He has alternated wins and losses in his last six fights and he will be looking for back to back wins for the first time since 2013.
The current UFC 197: Dos Anjos vs. McGregor fight card is below.
Rafael dos Anjos (24-7) vs. Conor McGregor (19-2)
Holly Holm (10-0) vs. Miesha Tate (17-5)
Corey Anderson (8-1) vs. Tom Lawlor (9-5, 1NC)
Erick Silva (18-6, 1NC) vs. Nordine Taleb (10-3)
Chas Skelly (15-1) vs. Darren Elkins (19-5)