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Paddy Holohan vs. Willie Gates in the works for UFC Rotterdam

A flyweight fight is close to being added to the UFC's debut in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Paddy Holohan vs. Willie Gates is currently in the works for the May 8 event, MMAFighting.com has learned.

Holohan (12-2-1) is coming off a second-round rear-naked choke submission loss to Louis Smolka in October. That loss snapped a two-fight winning streak for the popular Irishman.

Gates (12-6) is also looking to rebound from a loss. "Whoop Ass" lost to Dustin Ortiz via first-round TKO in August.

Both fighters have been going back and forth on Twitter for the past few months, making this fight an easy booking for the UFC.