Shane Del Rosario meets Guto Inocente at UFC 168 in Las Vegas

A UFC newcomer will try to become the latest fighter to keep Shane Del Rosario from his first victory in the promotion.

Del Rosario (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will meet Guto Inocente (6-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in December at the UFC’s year-end card in Las Vegas. UFC officials announced the heavyweight fight on Friday.

UFC 168 takes place Dec. 28 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and Facebook. Del Rosario vs. Inocente likely will be part of the prelims.

Del Rosario, who started his career 11-0, including 3-0 with three first-round stoppages under the Strikeforce banner, has lost both of his fights in the UFC. After the merger of the two promotions, Del Rosario debuted against Stipe Miocic at UFC 146 in May 2012, but dropped a second-round TKO. Against Pat Barry this past December, he was knocked out in the second round at the TUF 16 Finale.

Prior to the skid in the UFC, the Californian had won 10 of his 11 fights with first-round stoppages, and the one that didn’t end in the first still was a TKO, but in the second frame.

Inocente hopes to stay on track with a four-fight winning streak, but he hasn’t fought since May 2012, when he outpointed Virgil Zwicker in his lone Strikeforce fight. He was scheduled to meet Gian Villante a little more than a year ago, but the Strikeforce card he was booked for was canceled. Before the Strikeforce win, all five of his wins had been by stoppage.

With the addition, the latest UFC 168 card now includes:

• Champ Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva – for UFC middleweight title
• Champ Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate – for women’s bantamweight title
• Josh Barnett vs. Travis Browne
• Diego Brandao vs. Dustin Poirier
• Fabricio Camoes vs. Jim Miller
• Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben
• Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Dennis Siver
• William Macario vs. Bobby Voelker
• Shane Del Rosario vs. Guto Inocente

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(Pictured: Shane Del Rosario)