Promotion officials recently announced the pairing. UFC 225 takes place on June 9 at the United Center in Chicago and is headlined by a middleweight title tilt between Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero.
A training partner of Mark Hunt, 25-year-old Tuivasa has kicked off his Octagon tenure with back-to-back first-round stoppages of Rashad Coulter and Cyril Asker. The Sydney native owns a 7-0 career mark, with all of his victories ending inside of a round.
After enduring a five-bout losing streak from January 2016 to June 2017, Arlovski has righted his ship. “The Pit Bull” returned to the win column with a decision win over Junior Albini at UFC Fight Night 120 this past November before outpointing Stefan Struve at UFC 222 on March 3. The 39-year-old Belarusian is 27-15 with one no contest over the course of a career that began in 1999.