A big welterweight matchup between two top contenders is heading to an increasingly impressive UFC 211 lineup.

MMAjunkie today confirmed with UFC officials that Demian Maia (24-6 MMA, 18-6 UFC) and Jorge Masvidal (32-11 MMA, 9-4 UFC) have agreed to meet at the event, which takes place May 13 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Maia is currently ranked No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings, while Masvidal checks in No. 9. The meeting of the two was briefly rumored to take place at UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville but will instead take place on the main card of UFC 211, which airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Maia, who challenged unsuccessfully for the middleweight belt in 2010, has found a new life at welterweight, where the 39-year-old Brazilian grappler had won his past six fights. Three of his past four victories – over notables Neil Magny, Matt Brown and Carlos Condit – have come via submission. After the Condit victory, which earned him his seventh career UFC fight-night bonus, Maia was seemingly promised a title shot. Instead, champ Tyron Woodley rematches Stephen Thompson in Saturday’s UFC 209 headliner).

Instead, he fights Masvidal, a 32-year-old American Top Team fighter who recently experienced a tough 1-3 stretch that included three split-decision losses. However, the former Strikeforce and Bellator fighter has since earned three consecutive victories while knocking out Jake Ellenberger and former title challenger Donald Cerrone (in a “Performance of the Night” effort) in his most recent appearances.

With the addition to the card, UFC 211 now includes:

Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos – for heavyweight title

Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade – for women’s strawweight title

Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal

Ben Rothwell vs. Fabricio Werdum

Enrique Barzola vs. Gabriel Benitez

Jarjis Danho vs. Dmitry Poberezhets

For more on UFC 211, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.