The UFC 166 fight card is quickly taking shape.
A lightweight contest between George Sotiropoulos and K.J. Noons, and a heavyweight clash between Shawn Jordan and Gabriel Gonzaga, have been added to UFC 166 on Oct. 19 in Houston.
Sotiropoulos is on a three-fight skid and hasn’t fought since Dec. 15, 2012 when he was knocked out in the third round by Ross Pearson. Noons has also lost three fights in a row, and five of his last six. He lost via unanimous decision to Donald Cerrone at UFC 160.
Jordan has won three of his past four fights, including a first-round knockout of Pat Barry at UFC 161. Gonzaga has won four of his past five fights, including a first-round knockout of Dave Herman at UFC 162 in 17 seconds.
Cain Velasquez will defend his heavyweight title against Junior dos Santos in the main event.
The UFC 166 fight card currently looks like this below:
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos
Daniel Cormier vs. Roy Nelson
Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shawn Jordan
Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Boetsch
Nate Marquardt vs. Hector Lombard
George Sotiropoulos vs. K.J. Noons
Tony Ferguson vs. Mike Rio