'The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America' vets Enrique Barzola and Gabriel Benitez meet at UFC 211 in Dallas

A pair of former contestants on “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America,” including one season winner, will meet at UFC 211 in Dallas.

UFC officials today announced that Enrique Barzola (12-3-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) meets Gabriel Benitez (19-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a featherweight matchup at the event, which takes place May 13 at American Airlines Center.

Barzola was the lightweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2,” while Benitez was ousted from the debut season of “The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America” in the semifinals of that season’s featherweight tournament.

Peruvian “El Fuerte” Barzola was in action most recently at November’s UFC Fight Night 98 event, where he scored a decision win over Chris Avila. That result saw the 27-year-old Barzola rebound from a controversial split-decision loss to Kyle Bochniak at this past August’s UFC on FOX 21.

Mexican fighter “Moggly” Benitez returns to the cage following a technical submission win over Sam Sicilia at this past September’s UFC Fight Night 94 event in Hidalgo, Texas. That win followed Benitez’s lone UFC defeat to date, a November 2015 knockout loss to Andre Fili.

With the addition to the card, UFC 211 now includes:

• Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos – for heavyweight title
• Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade – for strawweight title
• Ben Rothwell vs. Fabricio Werdum
• Enrique Barzola vs. Gabriel Benitez
• Jarjis Danho vs. Dmitry Poberezhets

For more on UFC 211, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.