Fresh off a win over former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez, Alex Nicholson (10-5) is now a part of the Professional Fighters League.

PFL officials told MMAjunkie that Nicholson has signed on for the promotion’s upcoming debut season and will face off with fellow UFC veteran Jack May (9-3) at PFL 1, which takes place June 7 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Four fights air on NBCSN following eight contests that stream live on Facebook, though the night’s bout order has yet to be officially finalized.

Nicholson replaces Denis Goltsov (21-5) on PFL’s season one heavyweight roster after visa issues forced the Russian to withdraw. Nick Rossborogh (26-20-1), who was scheduled to face Goltsov will be paired against another opponent at a later date.

Meanwhile, heavyweights Josh Copeland (14-4) vs. Evgeniy Goncharov (10-2) has also been added to PFL 1.

Nicholson fought four times under the UFC banner, debuting as a light heavyweight but then taking three fights in the middleweight division. He was released from the promotion after consecutive losses to Jack Hermansson and Sam Alvey but has since gone 4-1 while competing at heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight. All four victories have come by knockout, including a TKO win over Rodriguez at the infamous CamSoda Legends event that streamed live on a porn site.

With the changes, the PFL 1 lineup now includes:

• Andre Harrison vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun
• Bekbulat Magomedov vs. Lance Palmer
• Shawn Jordan vs. Mike Kyle
• Max Coga vs. Timur Valiev
• Jack May vs. Alex Nicholson
• Alexandre Almeida vs. Lee Coville
• Valdrin Istrefi vs. Jared Rosholt
• Magomed Idrisov vs. Steven Siler
• Caio Alencar vs. Jake Heun
• Francimar Barroso vs. Daniel Gallemore
• Josh Copeland vs. Evgeniy Goncharov
• Marcos Galvao vs. Nazareno Malegarie

For more on PFL 1, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.