A featherweight bout between Darren Elkins (17-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Lucas Martins (15-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is the newest addition to next month’s UFC 179 lineup in Brazil.

UFC officials today announced the bout.

UFC 179 takes place Oct. 25 at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanazinho Gymnasium. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Elkins is ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA featherweight rankings.

Elkins had entered the title picture and moved up the rankings following a five-fight winning streak that included victories over the likes Diego Brandao and Steven Siler. However, the 30-year-old Indiana native and veteran wrestler is 1-2 since then, which included losses to fellow contenders Chad Mendes and Jeremy Stephens.

Martins, meanwhile, looks for his fourth straight win after he earned stoppage victories over Jeremy Larsen, Junior Hernandez and Alex White while bouncing around bantamweight and featherweight. The 25-year-old Brazilian, who suffered a submission loss to Edson Barboza in his UFC debut, now gets a step up in competition and the chance to enter the rankings if victorious.

With the additions to the card, UFC 179 now includes:

Champ Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes – for featherweight title

Phil Davis vs. Glover Teixeira

Scott Jorgensen vs. Wilson Reis

Darren Elkins vs. Lucas Martins

Fabio Maldonado vs. Hans Stringer

Felipe Arantes vs. Andre Fili

Beneil Dariush vs. Alan Patrick

William Macario vs. Neil Magny

Fabricio Camoes vs. Josh Shockley

Yan Cabral vs. Naoyuki Kotani

For more on UFC 179, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Darren Elkins)