Urijah Faber vs. Yuri Alcantara booked for UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 in Boston

A bout between highly ranked bantamweights Urijah Faber (28-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Yuri Alcantara (28-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has been booked for UFC on FOX Sports 1 1.

Case Keefer of the Las Vegas Sun today tweeted news of the bout. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) subsequently confirmed it with UFC officials.

UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 takes place Aug. 17 at TD Garden in Boston and marks the promotion’s debut on the new cable network, which launches the same day. Faber vs. Alcantara likely will be part of the main card.

Faber is currently ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA bantamweight rankings. Alcantara is ranked No. 13.

Faber recently picked up his third submission win in four fights by tapping out Scott Jorgensen in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale. The former WEC champion’s only career losses have come in title fights, including one against Renan Barao for the UFC interim title in July 2012.

He’ll face another contender in Alcantara, who’s 14-1 (with one no-contest) in his past 16 fights. Most recently, the former lightweight and featherweight knocked out Iliarde Santos at UFC on FX 8. The onetime WEC fighter’s other UFC victories have come over Felipe Arantes and Michihiro Omigawa while the lone defeat came to Hacran Dias via decision.

The latest UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 card now includes:

• Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem
• Yuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber
• Thiago Alves vs. Matt Brown
• Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon
• Uriah Hall vs. Nick Ring
• Conor McGregor vs. Andy Ogle
• Mike Brown vs. Akira Corassani

For the latest on UFC on FOX Sports 1 1, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Urijah Faber)