Nick Maximov to Face Andre Petroski at UFC Event on May 14

Nick Maximov will lock horns with Andre Petroski in a middleweight tilt at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on May 14.

Petroski’s management, Iridium Sports Agency, initially brought word of the bout. The UFC Fight Night event includes a women’s flyweight clash pitting Miesha Tate against Lauren Murphy. A venue and headliner have not been announced for the card.

Maximov is coming off a split-decision triumph over Punahele Soriano in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 200. The Nick Diaz Academy product is 8-0 as a professional, with two wins in the Octagon as well as triumphs on Dana White’s Contender Series and Legacy Fighting Alliance.

Petroski was a cast member on Season 29 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and has since scored finishes of Michael Gillmore and Yaozong Hu in his first two Octagon appearances. The 30-year-old New Jersey native is 7-1 as a professional, with all of his victories coming inside the distance.