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Australian-based Tyson Pedro, Jake Matthews and Ben Sosoli will appear on a UFC Fight Night show in Auckland.

Australian UFC stalwarts Jake Matthews and Tyson Pedro are among the first fighters announced to appear on a Fight Night card in Auckland.

In-form New Zealander Dan "The Hangman" Hooker will fight American Paul Felder in the main event at Spark Arena on February 23.

Hooker, who beat American Al Iaquinta on the UFC 243 card last month headlined by the Robert Whittaker- Israel Adesanya fight, has won six of his past seven contests.

He is ranked seventh, one place below Felder.

Sydneysider Pedro, who has dropped out of the light heavyweight rankings after losing three of his past four and being inactive for a year due to injury, meets Brazilian Vinicius 'Mamute' Moreira

Victorian welterweight Matthews, who has won four of his past five bouts, clashes with Norwegian prospect Emil 'Valhalla' Meek.

The other Australian booked for the card is another Melburnian, heavyweight Ben 'Combat' Sosoli, who will take on Brazilian Marcos Rogerio 'Pezao' de Lima,

Sosoli made his UFC debut last month against former NFL player Greg Hardy who was initially declared a unanimous points winner of their three-round bout.

However, the result was changed to a no-contest after Hardy's unapproved use of an inhaler between the second and third rounds.