Stephen Thompson will return to action for the first time in more than a year with a spot on the UFC’s Memorial Day weekend card.

Thompson (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will meet “TUF 7” winner Amir Sadollah (6-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) at UFC 160 in May. UFC officials on Wednesday announced the new booking, saying verbal agreements are in for the welterweight matchup.

UFC 160 takes place May 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card will air on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. UFC President Dana White on Tuesday confirmed a heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will headline the card, and a bout between former heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos and former top contender Alistair Overeem will be the co-main event.

Thompson has not fought since a loss this past April to Matt Brown at UFC 145 in Atlanta. After winning his UFC debut in stunning “Knockout of the Night” fashion with a head-kick stoppage of Dan Stittgen at UFC 143, “Wonderboy” became an overnight sensation. But the karate expert was quickly brought back down to earth by Brown, who dominated him en route to a unanimous decision with scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-27. Thompson was expected to make his return at UFC 154 this past November, but a knee injury forced him out of a bout with Besam Yousef.

Sadollah will be trying break out of a bit of a slump. In September, he dropped a unanimous decision to Dan Hardy in front of Hardy’s home crowd at UFC on FUEL TV 5 in Nottingham, England. This past May, he beat Jorge Lopez by split decision to erase a loss to Duane Ludwig at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee. He’ll hope to avoid the first losing skid of his career, and with losses in two of his past three fights, getting back in the win column seems of paramount importance.

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(Pictured: Stephen Thompson)