Ex-champ Rafael dos Anjos meets Tarec Saffiedine at UFC Fight Night 111 in Singapore

Two former big-show champs will meet in June at UFC Fight Night 111 in Singapore.

Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (25-9 MMA, 14-7 UFC) and ex-Strikeforce welterweight titleholder Tarec Saffiedine (16-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) are slated for a 170-pound fight at the event, UFC officials confirmed with channelnewsasia.com.

UFC Fight Night 111 takes place June 17 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, and the entire card streams on UFC Fight Pass.

Dos Anjos, who’s No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings, recently announced his planned move to welterweight; Saffiedine quickly issued a challenge and said he’d welcome him to the division.

Dos Anjos won the title with a 2015 win over then-champ Anthony Pettis and then defended it with a quick TKO win over Donald Cerrone. However, the 32-year-old Brazilian has since suffered losses to Eddie Alvarez and Tony Ferguson.

Saffiedine, a 30-year-old Belgian fighter, recently suffered a split-decision defeat to Dong Hyun Kim and is now in a 1-3 skid since his UFC-debut win over Hyun Gyu Lim in 2014.

A flyweight bout between undefeated 19-year-old flyweight Naoki Inoue (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Carls John de Tomas (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) was also announced for the card.

The latest UFC Fight Night 111 lineup includes:

• Rafael dos Anjos vs. Tarec Saffiedine
• Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcin Tybura
• Russell Doane vs. Kwan Ho Kwak
• Takanori Gomi vs. Jon Tuck
• Ulka Sasaki vs. Justin Scoggins
• Cyril Asker vs. Walt Harris
• Carls John de Tomas vs. Naoki Inoue
• Wang Guan vs. TBA

For more on UFC Fight Night 111, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.