A featherweight bout has been added to UFC 166 on October 19th in Houston as Charles Oliveira will meet Estevan Payan.
UFC officials confirmed the fight on Thursday evening after the fight was initially reported by the Houston Chronicle.
UFC 166 takes place on October 19th from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and will be headlined by Cain Velasquez defending the UFC heavyweight title in his trilogy bout with former champion Junior dos Santos.
Oliveira (16-4, 1NC) has lost back to back fights in the UFC after winning back to back fights by submission in 2012. He was most recently defeated by Frankie Edgar in the co-main event of UFC 162 and the fight was awarded the fight of the night bonus.
Payan (14-4, 1NC) made his UFC debut earlier this year after winning both of his fights in Strikeforce. In his UFC debut on Memorial Day weekend, he was defeated by Jeremy Stephens and it was his first defeat since 2009.
The current UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III card is below:
Cain Velasquez (12-1) vs. Junior dos Santos (16-2)
Daniel Cormier (12-0) vs. Roy Nelson (19-8)
Luke Rockhold (10-2) vs. Tim Boetsch (16-6)
Hector Lombard (32-4-1, 1NC) vs. Nate Marquardt (32-12-2)
Gilbert Melendez (21-3) vs. Diego Sanchez (24-5)
Shawn Jordan (15-4) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (15-7)
K.J. Noons (11-7) vs. George Sotiropoulos (14-5)
Tony Ferguson (13-3) vs. Mike Rio (9-2)
TJ Waldburger (16-7) vs. Adlan Amagov (12-2-1)
George Roop (14-9-1) vs. Francisco Rivera (9-2, 1NC)
Matt Grice (15-5) vs. Jeremy Larsen (8-4, 1NC)
Charles Oliveira (16-4, 1NC) vs. Estevan Payan (14-4, 1NC)