IRISH FLYWEIGHT STAR Neil Seery has been added to the bill for UFC 189.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship have confirmed that Seery will take on American Louis Smolka at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, 11 July.
A large Irish following is already expected at UFC 189, which will be headlined by the meeting of Dublin’s Conor McGregor and defending champion Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight world title.
Seery has a 2-1 record in the UFC and has tasted defeat just once — via decision in his late-notice UFC debut against Brad Pickett — in his last seven outings.
The 35-year-old former Cage Warriors champion, who also hails from Dublin, rebounded from that loss to Pickett by picking up dominant wins against Phil Harris and Chris Beal.
His opponent, Louis Smolka, also has a 2-1 UFC record, with his only loss so far coming via split decision against former flyweight world title challenger Chris Cariaso.
The bout comes after Seery and Smolka exchanged pleasantries on Twitter back in January.
