Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett will fight Rodrigo 'Kazula' Vargas at UFC London on March 19, Sportsmail can exclusively confirm.
The Liverpool fan favourite's next move has been highly anticipated ever since his stunning UFC debut last September.
He knocked out Luigi Vendramini in the first round to steal the show in Las Vegas and announce himself in the lightweight division.
Pimblett made a scintillating start to life in the UFC with a KO win on his debut
Donald Cerrone and Jared Gordon had been talked up as potential opponents but it is the Mexican, Vargas, who will enter the octagon against him.