Top women’s flyweight prospect Mackenzie Dern will get her wish to fight at UFC 224 in Brazil.

Following a successful octagon debut earlier this month, Dern (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) said she would like to fight at the May 12 event, which takes place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. She will meet Amanda Cooper (3-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on the card, which airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

A with knowledge of the situation confirmed the matchup to MMAjunkie, which was first reported by MMABrasil.com. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deal publicly.

After much hype and anticipation, Dern finally made her promotional debut at UFC 222 earlier this month. The jiu-jitsu sensation was unable to forcefully apply her top-tier grappling game against Ashley Yoder but still managed to work her way to a split decision on the scorecards.

The unbeaten 24-year-old was born in the United States but has deep ties in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and English.

Looking to play spoiler in Dern’s sophomore UFC effort will be Cooper. “The Ultimate Fighter 23” finalist has had an up-and-down run since her stint on the reality series, splitting results over four UFC fights.

Cooper, 26, is coming off her most notable career victory, a second-round TKO of Angela Magana at UFC 218 in December.

The latest UFC 224 card includes:

• Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Raquel Pennington – for women’s bantamweight title
• Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida
• Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ronaldo Souza
• Cezar Ferreira vs. Karl Roberson
• Nick Hein vs. Davi Ramos
• Ramazan Emeev vs. Alberto Mina
• Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oliynyk
• Jack Hermansson vs. Thales Leites
• Brian Kelleher vs. John Lineker
• Amanda Cooper vs. Mackenzie Dern

For more on UFC 224, visit the UFC Rumors section of the site.