Alex Perez meets Eric Shelton at UFC on FOX 28 in Orlando

Three weeks before the event, a flyweight fight appears to be the final piece to the puzzle for the UFC’s return to Florida.

Alex Perez (19-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will take on Eric Shelton (11-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) on the preliminary card at UFC on FOX 28. UFC officials recently announced the new booking for the UFC Fight Pass portion of the event.

UFC on FOX 28 takes place Feb. 28 at Amway Center in Orlando. The card airs on FOX following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Perez made his way to the UFC thanks to a first-round anaconda choke win over Kevin Gray on Dana White’s Contender Series 5 this past August. In December, at UFC Fight Night 123 in Fresno, Calif., not far from his home town, he went back to that same anaconda choke to finish Carls John de Tomas in the second round for his sixth straight win.

Eric Shelton

After suffering split-decision losses in his first two fights in the UFC, Shelton picked up his first win for the promotion in November with a unanimous decision victory over Jenel Lausa at UFC Fight Night 121 in Sydney.

Prior to that, after coming off Season 24 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” on which he was a semifinalist before losing to eventual winner Tim Elliott, he dropped split calls to Alexandre Pantoja and Jarred Brooks in his first two UFC bouts.

The UFC on FOX 28 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)

• Jeremy Stephens vs. Josh Emmett
• Jessica Andrade vs. Tecia Torres
• Ilir Latifi vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Max Griffin vs. Mike Perry

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX, 6 p.m. ET)

• Renan Barao vs. Brian Kelleher
• Sara McMann vs. Marion Reneau
• Angela Hill vs. Maryna Moroz
• Alan Jouban vs. Ben Saunders

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET)

• Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Gilbert Burns
• Sam Alvey vs. Marcin Prachnio
• Russell Doane vs. Rani Yahya
• Alex Perez vs. Eric Shelton
• Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Aleksandar Rakic

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