The UFC announced on Monday that "The Count" will take on Brazilian middleweight Thales Leites in a five-round bout in the main event of UFC Fight Night 72 in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 18. Lightweight veterans Ross Pearson and Evan Dunham will collide in the co-main event.
Bisping (26-7) bounced between wins and losses since 2012, defeating Brian Stann, Alan Belcher, Cung Le and C.B. Dollaway. Leites (25-4), on the other hand, has looked unstoppable since returning to the UFC in 2013 with five wins in a row, including finishes against Trevor Smith, Francis Carmont and Tim Boetsch.