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Yves Jabouin takes on Johnny Eduardo in a bantamweight match-up at UFC 158

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The UFC 158 fight card just keeps growing. The latest match-up announced is a bantamweight duel between Yves Jabouin and Johnny Eduardo.

UFC Officials announced the match-up on Monday morning.

Jabouin (18-6) is coming off a loss at UFC on FUEL TV 5 to Brad Pickett. Prior to that loss he was riding a three fight winning streak with victories over Ian Loveland, Walel Watson and Jeff Houghland. Two of those victories came via split decision.

Eduardo (26-9) is 1-1 in his UFC career, most recently he defeated Jeff Curran at UFC on FUEL TV 3. The fight at UFC 158 will be his first fight since May of 2012.

No word as to where on the UFC 158 fight card this fight will take place.

UFC 158 goes down on March 16 from the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Headlining the event will be Georges St-Pierre putting his welterweight title on the line against Nick Diaz. A pair of welterweight battles will lead up to the main event, as Rory MacDonald looks to avenge his UFC 115 loss to Carlos Condit and Johny Hendricks will hope to keep his win streak alive against Jake Ellenberger.

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