Diego Ferreira to Face Michael Johnson at UFC Event on May 20

Diego Ferreira will lock horns with Michael Johnson in a lightweight scrap at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on May 20.

MMA Mania was first to report the booking. The UFC Fight Night event does not yet have a location or headliner.

Ferreira, 38, hasn’t competed since December 2021, when he suffered his third consecutive promotional defeat at the hands of Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night 199. The ex-Legacy Fighting Championship title holder enjoyed his greatest success in the Octagon when he authored a six-bout winning streak from 2016 to 2020 that include triumphs over the likes of Anthony Pettis and Olivier Aubin-Mercier.

Johnson, meanwhile, won two of his three UFC appearances in 2022. Most recently, “The Menace” outpointed Marc Diakiese at UFC on ESPN 42 this past December. Johnson has struggled in recent years overall, going just 2-7 in the promotion before his mini-resurgence last year.Raquel Pennington vs Irene Aldana Orion Cosce vs Gilbert Urbina Andre Fialho vs Joaquin Buckley Chase Hooper vs Nick De Fiore Natalia Silva vs Victoria Leonardo Takashi Sato vs Themba Gorimbo Emily Ducote vs Polyana Viana Steve Erceg vs Clayton Carpenter Mackenzie Dern vs Angela Hill