The UFC will return to Fairfax, Va., in April for the first time in nearly three years for UFC Fight Night 63.

The promotion announced the location and venue, the city’s Patriot Center, on Friday, along with the card’s first matchup: A lightweight bout between Diego Ferreira (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Dustin Poirier (16-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC).

UFC Fight Night 63 takes place April 4 and is expected to have a main card on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on that same channel and UFC Fight Pass. The UFC most recently visited the city and venue for UFC on FUEL TV 3 – which was headlined by Poirier against “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung.

Poirier will move back up from featherweight to lightweight for the bout, and he’ll be looking to get back on track after a September TKO loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 178 in Las Vegas. That loss marked the first time “The Diamond” had been knocked out. Prior to that meeting, he had three straight wins – a decision victory over Erik Koch at UFC 164 in Koch’s home base of Milwaukee, a first-round knockout of Diego Brandao at UFC 168 and a “Fight of the Night” TKO win over Akira Corassani at the TUF Nations Finale.

Poirier is no stranger to Fairfax, but he’ll be hoping to change his last result there. Against Jung, he was submitted with a fourth-round D’Arce choke in a bout that was the “Fight of the Night,” as well as many analysts’ “Fight of the Year” for 2012.

Ferreira will be looking to rebound from the first loss of his pro career. He started his UFC run with back-to-back finishes of Colton Smith at UFC Fight Night 44 and Ramsey Nijem at UFC 177. But in October, he dropped a unanimous decision to the gritty Beneil Dariush at UFC 179. Now the Brazilian, who turns 30 on Sunday, will attempt to get back in the win column against arguably his most accomplished opponent to date.

For more on UFC Fight Night 63, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.