Forrest Griffin will face Maurice (Shogun) Rua in a battle of former light-heavyweight champions at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro.

Griffin welcomed Rua to the UFC in 2007, when he submitted the Brazilian at UFC 76.

Both men went on to capture the 205-pound crown, but lost it in their first title defence.

Griffin has won his last two fights — against Tito Ortiz and Rich Franklin.

Rua is coming off a championship loss to Jon (Bones) Jones.

Also on the Aug. 27 card at HSBC Arena, lightweight Spencer Fisher takes on Brazil's Thiago Tavares and Bulgarian light-heavyweight Stanislav Nedkov meets Brazilian Luiz Cane.

Brazil's Anderson Silva is expected to defend his middleweight title against Japan's Yushin Okami in the main event.