MMA’s newest Gracie makes his professional debut in October.

Bellator officials today informed MMAjunkie that Robson Gracie Jr. (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), brother of MMA legend Renzo Gracie, will face Peter Nascimento (0-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a welterweight contest at Bellator 208.

The bout is expected to feature on the preliminary card of the event, which takes place Oct. 13 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. The night’s full bout order has yet to be revealed, but the main card will air live on Paramount and stream on DAZN, while prelims will stream on MMAjunkie.

Gracie Jr., 27, is the son of the late Robson Gracie and youngest brother of the legendary Renzo Gracie, has signed a multi-fight Bellator contract. The grappling standout has no MMA experience and will begin his journey in the sport with Bellator.

Meanwhile, Nascimento made his professional debut at February’s Bellator 194 event, suffering a first-round TKO loss to Kastriot Xhema on the evening’s prelims.

With the addition to the card, the Bellator 208 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Paramount, 9 p.m. ET)

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen – heavyweight grand prix semifinal Saad Awad vs. Benson Henderson Timothy Johnson vs. Cheick Kongo

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)

Suhrob Aidarbekov vs. Tommy Espinosa Frank Buenafuente vs. James Gonzalez Eric Olsen vs. Jeremy Puglia Mike DiOrio vs. Andrews Rodriguez Dennis Buzukja vs. Ryan Castro Zarrukh Adashev vs. Christian Medina Nick Fiore vs. Jerome Mickle Robson Gracie Jr. vs. Peter Nascimento

For more on Bellator 208, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.