Alexander
Hernandez will square off against Chris
Gruetzemacher in a lightweight clash at UFC Fight Night 181 on
Oct. 31.
BJPenn.com was first to report the booking. UFC Fight Night 181
takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a
middleweight showdown pitting Anderson
Silva against Uriah
Hall.
After beginning his promotional tenure with back-to-back triumphs
over Beneil
Dariush and Olivier
Aubin-Mercier, Hernandez has dropped two of his last three
Octagon appearances. Most recently, the San Antonio, Texas, native
suffered a second-round TKO defeat against Drew Dober at
UFC Fight Night 171 on May 13.
Gruetzemacher, meanwhile, halted a two-bout skid with a TKO of
Joe
Lauzon at UFC 223 in April 2018. The 34-year-old WSOF and
Strikeforce veteran has not competed since that victory.