With two spectacular wins over Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara, Houston Alexander was the breakout star of 2007. Now, after suffering the first loss of his UFC career last November to Thiago Silva, ‘The Assassin’ is on the comeback trail and he will look to get back in the win column on April 2nd when he takes on James Irvin on Spike TV’s latest UFC Fight Night card.

Alexander-Irvin joins perhaps the greatest card in UFC Fight Night history, a show which is headlined by the all-New England lightweight war between Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon, and a classic welterweight matchup between Karo Parisyan and Thiago Alves.

Also made official for the show, which will be held at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado is a lightweight clash between rising stars Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, and a welterweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 6’s George Sotiropoulos and Roman Mitichyan.

Bouts previously announced are:

Spencer Fisher vs Marcus Aurelio (Lightweights)
Josh Neer vs Din Thomas (Lightweights)
Clay Guida vs Sammy Schiavo (Lightweights)
Anthony Johnson vs Tommy Speer (Welterweights)

Light heavyweight prospect Matt Hamill will also be in action against an opponent to be announced soon.

 credit: ufc.com