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Published 18:31 13 Jan 2016 GMT
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Earlier this week, light heavyweight Tom Lawlor revealed that he would be facing The Ultimate Fighter 19 winner Corey Anderson, presumably on the prelims.
And the March 5th card got its fourth fight with a report in Combate that Brazilian welterweight Erick Silva will meet the 11-3 Canadian Nordine Taleb.
Silva, one of the truly great 'round one fighters,' will be hoping to rebound from his split decision defeat to Neil Magny while Taleb is also coming off a loss, falling victim to Warlley Alves' notorious guillotine in August.
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