A lightweight matchup pitting Jim Miller
against Erick
Gonzalez has been targeted for UFC Fight Night 195 on Oct.
16.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report that the bout was in the
works.
UFC Fight Night 195 takes place at the UFC Apex and is
headlined by a featherweight duel between Holly Holm
and Norma
Dumont.
Miller is coming off back-to-back decision losses to Vinc Pichel
and Joe Soleck in his last two Octagon appearances. The New Jersey
native will be competing for the 38th time within the Las
Vegas-based promotion when he faces Gonzalez. His last victory came
at UFC on ESPN 11, a first-round submission of Roosevelt
Roberts in June 2020.
Gonzalez enters his UFC debut having won four of his last five
promotional outings. The 29-year-old known as “The Ghost Pepper”
notably has an 8-4 mark while competing under the Combate Americas
banner and is 14-5 as a professional overall.