A featherweight bout is the latest edition to the UFC Fight Night 85 card in Australia as Daniel Hooker will meet Mark Eddiva on the preliminary card.
UFC officials confirmed the fight booking early today to an Australia media outlet.
UFC Fight Night 85 will come from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday, March 20 (Saturday, March 19 in North America) and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Mark Hunt meets former UFC champion Frank Mir.
Hooker (12-6) has alternated wins and losses in his four UFC fights and will enter this fight following a lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC 192. Both of his wins in the UFC have come by TKO/KO and won a performance of the night bonus for his win over Hatsu Hioki at UFC Fight Night 65. Eddiva (6-2) has dropped back to back fights after winning his UFC debut in 2014 against Jumabieke Tuerxun. His most recent defeat came in May as he lost a split decision against Levan Makashvili.
The current UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir fight card is below.
Mark Hunt (11-10-1) vs. Frank Mir (18-10)
Hector Lombard (35-4-1, 1NC) vs. Neil Magny (17-4)
James Te Huna (18-8) vs. Steve Bosse (10-2)
Brendan O’Reilly (5-1-1) vs. Alan Jouban (12-4)
Daniel Kelly (10-1) vs. Antonio Carlos Junior (6-1, 1NC)
Johnny Case (22-4) vs. Jake Matthews (9-1)
Viscardi Andrade (18-6) vs. Richard Walsh (9-3)
Bec Rawlings (6-4) vs. Seo Hee Ham (16-6)
Ross Pearson (18-10, 1NC) vs. Abel Trujillo (13-7, 1NC)
Chad Laprise (10-1) vs. Alan Patrick (12-1)
Daniel Hooker (12-6) vs. Mark Eddiva (6-2)