Welterweights Ramazan Emeev and David Zawada are set to face off.
The UFC announced Monday that Emeev (19-4) and Zawada (17-5) will fight at a Fight Night event on Jan. 16 with a location still to be made official.
Emeev has won four of five fights since joining the UFC in 2017, most recently rebounding from his first octagon loss with a unanimous decision win over Niklas Stolze on Fight Island in July. “Gorets” was also standout in Russia’s M-1 Global promotion and he is 16-2 in his previous 18 appearances, including a loss to Vyacheslav Vasilevsky that he avenged in a rematch.