Hadley’s management, Paradigm Sports, was first to confirmed the matchup. The UFC event does not yet have a headliner or an official location.
Despite missing weight, England’s Hadley earned a UFC contract following a second-round submission of Mitch Raposo on Dana White’s Contender Series on Oct. 12. The former Cage Warriors champion is 8-0 thus far in his professional tenure.
Figueiredo, the younger brother of former UFC flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo, is 1-1 thus far in UFC competition. After taking a unanimous verdict over Jerome Rivera at UFC on ESPN 20 in his Octagon debut, “Sniper” dropped a decision against Malcolm Gordon at UFC on ESPN 26 on July 17.