Chris Curtis will lock horns with Joaquin Buckley at UFC 282 on Dec. 10.
Buckley’s management initially announced the middleweight pairing. UFC 282 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is expected to include a light heavyweight title rematch between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira, though that bout has not been made official.
Curtis had an eight-fight winning streak snapped in his most recent outing, when he dropped a unanimous verdict to Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 208 on July 23.