Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva added to UFC Fight Night 129 in Chile

May’s UFC Fight Night 129 lineup has a new lightweight addition.

UFC officials on Thursday announced a fight between Claudio Puelles (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Felipe Silva (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) for the card (via Twitter):

UFC Fight Night 129 takes place May 19 in Santiago, Chile, at Movistar Arena. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the full fight card and bout order haven’t been finalized.

Puelles, a 21-year-old Peruvian fighter, was runner-up on “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3” in 2016. After opening his career with a 7-1 mark (with six stoppages), he suffered a TKO loss to Marin Bravo in the “TUF” tournament final. He now fights for the first time since that defeat after sitting out all of 2017, when an injury forced him out of a planned UFC 214 bout with Sage Northcutt.

He now meets Silva, a 33-year-old Brazilian fighter who debuted with the UFC in 2016 and knocked out Shane Campbell in his promotional debut. However, in his next bout, he suffered a knockout loss to fast-rising Mairbek Taisumov in September, which spoiled the 8-0 start to his career.

The latest UFC Fight Night 129 card includes:

• Volkan Oezdemir vs. Mauricio Rua
• Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
• Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
• Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
• Andrea Lee vs. Veronica Macedo
• Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
• Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
• Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
• Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva

For more on UFC Fight Night 129, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.