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Matt Brown to Face Jake Ellenberger at UFC 201 in Atlanta

Matt Brown will lock horns with Jake Ellenberger in a welterweight showdown at UFC 201.

ESPN.com first reported the matchup on Thursday. UFC 201 takes place at Philips Arena in Atlanta on July 30 and his headlined by a 170-pound championship tilt between Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley.

Brown has lost three of his last four in the Octagon, but all of those defeats have come against the welterweight division’s top talents. Most recently, “The Immortal” suffered a third-round submission loss to Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Demian Maia at UFC 198.