Expelled 'TUF 7' Finalist to return at UFC: Silva vs. Irvin

Less than two weeks after his removal from the UFC went public, Jesse Taylor already has a return date set.

Taylor has been booked for UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin on July 19 in Las Vegas against C.B. Dollaway -- the man who replaced him in a losing effort in "The Ultimate Fighter 7" competition finals.

On the final taped episode of the season, Taylor, who qualified for the competition finals, was pulled for poor conduct only days after the completion of the season's tapings.

Taylor was caught on camera kicking out a window of a limo and causing a disturbance inside a hotel. UFC PresidentDana White elaborated by saying Taylor was "terrorizing women" and claiming to be an UltimateFighter when approached by security.

White called Taylor mentally and emotionally unready to become a UFCfighter and cut the 25-year-old middleweight from the organization'sroster. But White tells Yahoo! Sports that Taylor has since entered Alcoholics Anonymous and deserves a second chance.

"Without a doubt, the kid deserves another chance," White told writer Kevin Iole. "Hemade himself look like a fool, and he's aware of that, but everyonedeserves another opportunity and we’re going to give it to him. Heacted like a moron. He's embarrassed by it, which he should be, butwhat he did doesn’t amount to enough to ban him forever. Come on. Hewas just young and stupid, but at least he seems to have learned fromwhat he did."

UFC Fight Night "Silva vs. Irvin" Fight Card:

205 lbs. | Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin
205 lbs. | Reese Andy vs. Brandon Vera
155 lbs. | Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar
170 lbs. | Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
170 lbs. | Rory Markham vs. Brodie Farber
170 lbs. | Brad Blackburn vs. James Giboo
185 lbs. | C.B. Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor
155 lbs. | Dale Hartt vs. Shannon Gugherty
265 lbs. | Cain Velasquez vs. Jake O'Brien*
170 lbs. | Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees*

*not officially announced