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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
A bantamweight fight between Francisco Rivera and Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres is on its way to New Orleans this June at UFC Fight Night 68.
The UFC announced the bout on Tuesday, which will likely air live on Fox Sports 1.
Rivera returns to action for the first time since December, where he was submitted by Urijah Faber at UFC 181 following an accidental eye poke. Rivera appealed the loss due to the foul, but was ultimately unsuccessful. Prior to the loss, Rivera had gone 3-1 with one no contest in his previous five fights.
As for Caceres, who lost to Faber himself in 2014, added a surprising loss to Masanori Kanehana afterward. Those defeats came after a five fight unbeaten streak in the Octagon.
UFC Fight Night 68 will be headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Daniel Cormier and Ryan Bader.
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