With an off-weekend ahead of them, the UFC was busy making several fight announcements on Wednesday. The addition of a 125-pound scrap between Joseph Benavidez (pictured) and Darren Uyenoyama to the UFC on FOX 7 roster was their latest confirmation.
Benavidez bounced back nicely from September’s flyweight finals loss to Demetrious Johnson by cruising to a unanimous decision victory over Ian McCall at UFC 156. The 28-year-old has won five of his last six bouts.
Uyenoyama will be riding a three-fight winning streak into the tango. “BC” was last seen submitting Phil Harris in October.
A bantamweight brawl between Francisco Rivera and Hugo Viana was also confirmed for the lineup.
Both bouts will appear in the card’s prelims.
HP Pavilion in San Jose, California hosts the April 20th event.
Here is the card’s current roster:
Yoel Romero vs. Clifford Starks
Roger Bowling vs. Anthony Njokuani
Francisco Rivera vs. Hugo Viana
Jorge Masvidal vs. Tim Means
Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck
Myles Jury vs. Ramsey Nijem
Darren Uyenoyama vs. Joseph Benavidez
Chad Mendes vs. Clay Guida
Francis Carmont vs. Lorenz Larkin
Matt Brown vs. Dan Hardy
Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson
Daniel Cormier vs. Frank Mir
Gilbert Melendez vs. Benson Henderson (UFC lightweight champion)
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