Patricio Freire will fight Dan Ige at UFC 318">UFC 318 on July 19 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Leo Guimaraes first reported the bout. The card will be headlined by Dustin Poirier’s retirement fight in a trilogy against Max Holloway.
Friere made his promotional debut against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314 this past April, when “Pitbull” was dropped and thoroughly dominated en route to a unanimous decision loss. The former Bellator featherweight champ has now dropped three of his last four, with the other two losses coming against Chihiro Suzuki and Sergio Pettis.