Local favorite Joe Lauzon will be featured in a key matchup on the Sept. 5 UFC card at Foxwoods Resort Casino, fighting “Ultimate Fighter” reality show winner Michael Chiesa in a battle of submission wizards, the Herald has learned.

The lightweight tilt will mark the Bridgewater product’s first fight since a convincing unanimous decision win over Mac Danzig in December and the birth of Lauzon’s first child.

Chiesa, based near Seattle, won the tournament on Season 15 of the UFC’s signature “Ultimate Fighter” reality show in 2012, and has gone 3-1 in the Octagon since. He most recently defeated Francisco Trinaldo in a commanding performance on May 24 at UFC 173.

With the bout, Lauzon, a Bridgewater native, enters his eighth year as a UFC fighter.

The bout will be televised on Fox Sports 1, and will be part of a pivotal night in the mixed martial arts industry. The UFC’s closest competitor, Bellator MMA, will run a televised event the same night some 10 miles away at Mohegan Sun.’

Lauzon v. Chiesa will not be the main event of the UFC card, sources told the Herald.