Not yet a week after his most recent victory, Chad Mendes already has his next assignment.

Mendes (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will meet Manny Gamburyan (12-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) at UFC 157 in February. UFC officials on Thursday announced the fight booking, saying that verbal agreements are in place for the bout.

In addition, the promotion formally announced a previously reported welterweight bout between former title challenger Josh Koscheck (17-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) and ex-Strikeforce middleweight Robbie Lawler (19-9 MMA, 4-3 UFC), who will drop to 170 pounds for the fight.

UFC 157 takes place Feb. 23 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., and features a main event women’s bantamweight title fight between champ Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche.

Mendes just this past week notched a knockout of Benson Henderson training partner Yaotzin Meza at UFC on FX 6 in Australia. That was a short-notice opponent for him after Hacran Dias had to pull out the week prior to the fight.

The win was the second straight quick stoppage victory for the Team Alpha Male product, who in July at UFC 148 stopped Cody McKenzie with a body punch just 31 seconds into the fight. That puts him on a two-fight win streak after suffering the first setback of his career, which came this past January in a featherweight title fight against champ Jose Aldo at UFC 142 in Aldo’s native Brazil. In that bout, Aldo landed a knee that led to a knockout with just one second left on the clock in the first round.

Prior to that first loss, Mendes had a 10-0 start to his career, including decision wins in his first two UFC bouts in 2011 and a perfect 4-0 mark under the WEC banner, including wins over current featherweight contenders Erik Koch and Cub Swanson.

Gamburyan finally got back in the win column in August with a unanimous decision win over Michihiro Omigawa at UFC on FOX 4, which took place in Los Angeles, where he is based out of. Prior to that, he was mired in a three-fight skid that included a WEC featherweight title loss to Aldo in September 2010, then decision losses to Tyson Griffin and Diego Nunes in his first two fights after returning to the UFC.

Gamburyan was a lightweight finalist on Season 5 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but in the finale, he dislocated his shoulder on a takedown attempt and had to tap to Nate Diaz. After a 2-2 UFC run at lightweight, he dropped to featherweight and moved to the WEC, where he won three straight fights to get a shot at Aldo, which he lost by knockout in the second round.

The UFC 157 card continues to have a decidedly California feel to it, as Mendes and Gamburyan both live and train in the state. Gamburyan is a frequent training partner of Rousey, who calls Southern California her home. Co-main event light heavyweight Dan Henderson lives in California, as do several other fighters on the card, including Koscheck, Urjiah Faber, Lavar Johnson and Court McGee.

Gamburyan, an Armenian and one of the most notable judo players in MMA, has a perfect record when fighting in California. His win over Omigawa in August brought him to 7-0 as a pro in his adopted home state.

With the welterweight booking, the latest UFC 157 card now includes:

Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche – for women’s bantamweight title Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida Urijah Faber vs. Ivan Menjivar Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler Manny Gamburyan vs. Chad Mendes Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt Grice Mike Chiesa vs. Anton Kuivanen Court McGee vs. Josh Neer* Neil Magny vs. Jon Manley*

* – Not officially announced

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(Pictured: Chad Mendes)