The light heavyweight contender from Knoxville will take his next step up the light heavyweight ladder when he meets veteran Glover Teixeira in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event in Nashville on Aug. 8.
MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani broke the news of the bout on Wednesday's edition of UFC Tonight.
The 31-year-old Saint Preux (18-6) has won seven of his last eight bouts. The past two have been memorable finishes. On Nov. 8, he went to Brazil and needed just 34 seconds to stop Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Then on the April 18 UFC on FOX card, Saint Preux was losing the first round to Pat Cummins, but caught a charging Cummins with a sneaky uppercut to knock him out and win the fight.