A lightweight bout has been booked for UFC 196 on March 5th in Las Vegas as Justin Salas will meet Jason Saggo on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Monday afternoon.
UFC 196 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on March 5 and will be headlined by a title fight as Rafael dos Anjos defends the lightweight title against current featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
Salas (12-6) has alternated wins and losses in his six UFC fights and his last fight came at UFC Fight Night 45 in 2014 against Joe Proctor. He lost that fight by TKO in the second round and two of his three wins in the UFC have come by decision. Saggo (10-2) will also be stepping into the octagon for the first time since 2014 as he is coming off a split decision lost against Paul Felder at UFC Fight Night 54. The defeat snapped a five fight winning streak and both of his career defeats have come by split decision.
The current UFC 196: 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)
Diego Sanchez (25-8) vs. Jim Miller (25-7, 1NC)
Vitor Miranda (11-4) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (9-1-1)
Amanda Nunes (11-4) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (12-1)
Ilir Latifi (11-4, 1NC) vs. Gian Villante (14-6)
Justin Salas (12-6) vs. Jason Saggo (10-2)