UFC officials today announced that Canadian Nick Denis clashes with TUF 14 Alumnus Johnny Bedford in a bantamweight tilt that will likely be part of the preliminary card.

Denis just made his UFC debut very recently at UFC on FX 1. Denis utterly destroyed Joseph Sandoval by using a barrage of nasty standing elbow strikes, taking only 22 seconds to KO Sandoval. Incredibly that KO gives him an impressive nine knockouts in his last 9 wins. 

Bedford is just coming off a decisive win over a very over-matched and fellow TUF 14 alumnus Louis Gaudinot at the TUF 14 finale.

Here's the card as it stands right now: 

• Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller
• Johny Hendricks vs. Josh Koscheck
• Alan Belcher vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson
• John Hathaway vs. Pascal Krauss
• John Dodson vs. Darren Uyenoyama
• Johnny Bedford vs. Nick Denis
• Danny Castillo vs. John Cholish
• Mike Massenzio vs. Karlos Vemola
• Louis Gaudinot vs. John Lineker 

UFC on FOX 3 takes place May 5 at IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J. 

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