UFC on FOX 29 official for Glendale with Justin Gaethje-Dustin Poirier, Matt Brown-Carlos Condit

(This story first appeared on AZcentral.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK)

UFC on FOX 29 has been scheduled for Apr. 14 at Gila River Arena in Glendale.

Lightweight brawler Justin Gaethje (18-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will face Dustin Poirier (22-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in a main event that promises to be all action.

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Carlos Condit (30-11 MMA, 7-7 UFC) will meet Matt Brown (23-16, 14-10 UFC) in the welterweight co-main.

Gaethje, from the southern Arizona town of Safford, lost his most recent fight, an all-out, stand-up war with Eddie Alvarez that ended by third-round TKO at UFC 218 in December.

Gaethje and Alvarez traded shots all fight, leaving left both men bloodied.

After a series of uppercuts, Alvarez hit Gaethje with a high right knee that ended it.

Poirier, meanwhile, got Anthony “Showtime” Pettis to tap out to end a bloody November scrap at UFC Fight Night 120.

The April event with be the first UFC card at Gila River Arena. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC on FOX 29, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.