The UFC’s spring return to Brazil continues to grow with the addition of a new middleweight fight.

Cezar Ferreira (12-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) will get a home fight when he takes on Karl Roberson (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at UFC 224. The booking first was reported by Brazilian news outlet Combate.com, though UFC officials have not yet made a formal announcement.

UFC 224 takes place May 12 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card will air on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Ferreira is coming up on six years since he won the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” at middleweight. After a rough stretch in 2014-15 that saw him lose three of four fights, “Mutante” has rebounded with four wins in his past five fights.

After consecutive losses to Sam Alvey and Jorge Masvidal, Ferreira bounced back with decisions over Oluwale Bamgbose and Anthony Smith. Then he submitted Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 100 in Brazil. After suffering a decision loss to Elias Theodorou a year ago, he rebounded at UFC Fight Night 120 with a split call over Nate Marquardt.

Karl Roberson

Roberson stayed unbeaten when he returned to 185 pounds for his promotional debut this past November at UFC Fight Night 120. He submitted Darren Stewart in the first round after getting a shot in the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series 3 a few months earlier. There, he knocked out Ryan Spann in an impressive 15 seconds.

With the addition, the UFC 224 card now includes:

• Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida
• Nick Hein vs. Davi Ramos
• Ramazan Emeev vs. Alberto Mina
• Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oliynyk
• Cezar Ferreira vs. Karl Roberson

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