WSOF champ Marlon Moraes' UFC debut official for UFC 212 in Brazil

June’s UFC 212 lineup has two new additions, one of which includes the promotional debut of longtime WSOF bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes.

UFC officials today announced Moraes (18-4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who’s No. 6 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA bantamweight rankings, is slated to fight No. 4 Raphael Assuncao (24-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC). Strawweights Viviane Pereira (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Jamie Moyle (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) have also been added to the card.

UFC 212 takes place June 3 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been set.

MMAFighting.com first reported the Moraes vs. Assuncao bout.

Moraes, a 28-year-old Brazilian, arrives in the UFC with a 13-fight winning streak and after five consecutive WSOF title defenses, the past four of which came via stoppage. After debuting with the promotion at WSOF 1, Moraes posted or tied a number of promotional records, including most wins (11), most title-bout victories (six) and most consecutive title defenses (five).

He gets a tough test in his UFC debut with Assuncao, who had posted a seven-fight UFC winning streak and was close to getting a title shot. However, the 34-year-old Brazilian then suffered an untimely decision loss to ex-champ T.J. Dillashaw. In January, though, he rebounded and got back in the win column with a split-decision victory over Aljamain Sterling.

Pereira, meanwhile, is a 23-year-old Brazilian who recently made her UFC debut and scored a split-decision victory over former title challenger Valerie Letourneau. She puts her four-year, 12-fight winning streak on the line against Moyle, a 28-year-old Invicta FC vet who picked up a unanimous-decision victory over Kailin Curran in her recent promotional debut.

The latest UFC 212 card includes:

• Champ Jose Aldo vs. interim champ Max Holloway – to unify featherweight title
• Anderson Silva vs. TBA
• Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• Paulo Borrachinha vs. Oluwale Bamgbose
• Yancy Medeiros vs. Erick Silva
• Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Leonardo Santos
• Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Eric Spicely
• Marco Beltran vs. Deiveson Alcantra Figueiredo
• Johnny Eduardo vs. Matthew Lopez
• Raphael Assuncao vs. Marlon Moraes
• Jamie Moyle vs. Viviane Pereira

For more on UFC 212, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.