A bantamweight bout between Michael McDonald (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and Johnny Eduardo (25-9 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been added to November's UFC 139 event.
Additionally, officials have confirmed a bout MMAjunkie.com previously reported: ex-WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres (38-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Nick Pace (6-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).
UFC 139 takes place Nov. 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The night's main card, including a Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua headliner, airs on pay-per-view.
McDonald vs. Eduardo and Torres vs. Pace are expected to be part of the preliminary card.
The 20-year-old McDonald, a former Tachi Palace Fights champion, is 3-0 under the Zuffa LLC banner with a WEC victory over Clint Godfrey and UFC wins over Edwin Figueroa (which earned a "Fight of the Night" award) and Chris Cariaso. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt has now won six straight fights, which included the Tachi title win over Cole Escovedo to avenge his only career defeat.
Eduardo, a 15-year vet of the Brazilian fight circuit, made his UFC debut when the organization made its August return to the country back in August. At UFC 134, he suffered a decision loss to Raphael Assuncao. It snapped an 11-fight win streak for the Nova Uniao fighter.
Torres, meanwhile, looks to rebound from a recent loss. In May, he suffered a decision defeat to Demetrious Johnson at UFC 130. The former WEC champ, who lost his belt to Brian Bowles, had picked up a WEC 51 win over Charlie Valencia and a UFC 126 victory over Antonio Banuelos before the setback to Johnson. He's now 2-3 since a remarkable 36-1 start to his career.
Pace, who fought once under the WEC and Bellator banners, made his octagon debut back in December, when he tapped out Will Campuzano via rare pillory choke at The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale. However, back in August, he suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Ivan Menjivar (a replacement for MacDonald) at UFC 133. He's now suffered losses in two of his past three fights, which included a decision loss to Johnson at WEC 51.
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