The lineup for the UFC’s return to the “City of Angels” continues to build with the addition of a new featherweight fight.

Yair Rodriguez (10-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) is set to meet Zabit Magomedsharipov (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC 227 this summer. The booking was reported by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, citing UFC President Dana White. The UFC has not yet made a formal announcement of the matchup.

UFC 227 takes place Aug. 4 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Rodriguez will attempt to rebound from the first loss of his UFC career. Arter a 6-0 start in the promotion, including a win in “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America” tournament, Rodriguez suffered his first loss in four and a half years this past December when Frankie Edgar stopped him after 10 minutes with a TKO at UFC 211.

Prior to that setback, Rodriguez’s first six UFC wins included four bonuses, including three straight for stoppages of Andre Fili and UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn, and a decision over Alex Caceres.

Zabit Magomedsharipov

Magomedsharipov will bring an 11-fight winning streak into the fight with Rodriguez. He came to the UFC on the strength of eight straight wins, including a featherweight title victory for ACB in 2016. He defended that belt once before his UFC arrival.

Once in the promotion, Magomedsharipov picked up fight-night bonuses in his first three bouts: submissions of Mike Santiago and Sheymon Moraes in 2017, and a decision over Kyle Bochniak at UFC 223 a month ago in Brooklyn for “Fight of the Night.”

With the addition, the UFC 227 card includes:

• Champ T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt – for bantamweight title
• Derek Brunson vs. Antonio Carlos Junior
• Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Yair Rodriguez

For more on UFC 227, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.