Fabian Edwards will make his return to action against Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 302 on 22 March in Belfast.
The Englishman, 30, lost to middleweight champion Johnny Eblen in his most recent fight in September.
But Edwards can fire himself right back into title contention by beating Canada's Jeffery to become the number one contender to Eblen's belt.
Irish featherweight James Gallagher has also been added to event and will face Canada's Jeremy Kennedy.
Gallagher, 27, fights for the first time since August when he beat James Gonzalez following a 21-month lay-off.
A 13th career win for Gallagher will make him next in line to challenge for the featherweight belt, currently held by Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire.
Edwards has 12 wins and three losses in his career compared to Jeffery's 14 victories and four defeats.
Bellator 302 will be headlined by Karl Moore's light-heavyweight title bout against Corey Anderson.
Belfast fighter Leah McCourt is also in action against Sinead Kavanagh in a rematch of their 2022 encounter, which the Dublin fighter won.
It is the first Bellator event since the MMA promotion was acquired by the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
The PFL intend to hold as many as eight Bellator-branded fight nights in 2024, but some of their biggest stars are expected to cross over to compete in the PFL's regular season in America or in the PFL Europe series.
Bellator's middleweight champion Eblen is scheduled to fight his PFL counterpart Impa Kasanganay on 24 February in Saudi Arabia in the first event where PFL pit their champions against Bellator's.
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