Muhammad Mokaev will struggle Adriano Moraes in a flyweight bout on the undercard of Ronda Rousey v Gina Carano on 16 May in California.
The Briton was released by the UFC in 2024 however has collected three wins since in addition to competing in a number of grappling bouts.
Mokaev, 25, faces Brazil’s Moraes who has 21 wins in 27 fights however just lately turned a free agent.
Born in Russia earlier than shifting to England as a younger refugee together with his household, Mokaev is unbeaten in 17 matches with one co-contest.
Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) confirmed the bout in asserting the rest of the undercard for Rousey’s comeback.
The occasion will include 11 bouts together with Francis Ngannou v Philipe Lins in a heavyweight contest and Nate Diaz v Mike Perry in a welterweight bout.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and UFC two-weight champion Alex Pereira’s sister Aline Pereira are additionally included on the cardboard.
MVP has picked up a number of ex-UFC fighters and free brokers for the occasion with Rousey insisting she wished to “challenge the monolith the UFC has become” inside MMA.
The first girls’s champion within the UFC has not fought for 10 years, after retiring from MMA following successive losses.
Among the previous UFC fighters on the cardboard are Rousey, Ngannou, Diaz, Perry, Lorenz Larkin, Robelis Despaigne and Chris Avila.
Moraes was a champion in Asia-based ONE Championship, Jackson was a Bellator champion and France’s Salahdine Parnasse gained titles in two weights in European MMA promotion KSW.
