Cung Le (right) (photo via Esther Lin / Strikeforce)

By FCF Staff

The UFC’s next card in Macau, China, will feature two high profile fights, as Cung Le will take on Michael Bisping, and Hector Lombard will battle Dong Hyun Kim. The event  will go down a the the Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on August 23rd.

The promotion announced the fights following UFC 173.

Bisping (24-6) will be looking to rebound from the unanimous decision loss he suffered versus fellow middleweight contender Tim Kennedy in April.

Le (9-2) has been sidelined due to injuries, and hasn’t fought now since November, 2012, when he KO’d Rich Franklin.

Lombard (34-4-1) is coming off a one sided, decision win over Jake Shields in March, and has gone 2-0 since dropping from middleweight to 170.

Kim (19-2-1) has scored knockout wins over Erick Silva and John Hathaway in his last two fights, and has won fours straight.

The upcoming Fight Night card will likely be streamed in North America via Fight Pass.