MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi confirmed with sources that Woodley and Lawler will meet in a welterweight rematch at UFC on ESPN 4 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 29. ESPN was first to report the matchup.
In their first encounter back at UFC 201 on July 30, 2016, Woodley defeated Lawler by first-round knockout to become the UFC welterweight champion.
“The Chosen One” went on to successfully defend the title four consecutive times (once via majority draw) against Stephen Thompson (at UFC 205 and UFC 209), Demian Maia (at UFC 214), and Darren Till (at UFC 228) before dropping it in a five-round unanimous decision loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 in March.