Britain’s Leon Edwards will battle Australia’s Jack Della Maddalena in the primary occasion at UFC London on 22 March.
Edwards, 33, shall be competing for the primary time since losing his welterweight belt to American Belal Muhammad in Manchester in July 2024.
Della Maddalena, 28, is fourth within the UFC welterweight rankings having gained his first seven fights within the promotion.
He final fought in March final 12 months, stopping Brazil’s Gilbert Burns within the third spherical of a formidable efficiency.
A victory for both athlete would put them in pole place to problem the winner of the title bout between Muhammad and Shavkat Rakhmonov, which is ready to happen at an unconfirmed date later this 12 months.
The competition between Edwards and Della Maddalena joins a handful of contests already confirmed for the cardboard on the O2 Enviornment, together with Britain’s Molly McCann in opposition to Brazilian strawweight Istela Nunes.
British heavyweight Mick Parkin takes on Poland’s Marcin Tybura, and Eire’s Shauna Bannon faces India’s Puja Tomar at strawweight.
