Fresh off an impressive submission victory over Charles Oliveira, New Jersey’s own Jim Miller will have the hometown crowd behind him when he takes on WEC standout, Kamal Shalorus on March 19th in Newark, according to MMA Weekly:
Jim Miller is ready to return to action and he will get the chance to fight in his home state of New Jersey when he does. He is set to face former WEC lightweight Kamal Shalorus at UFC 128 on March 19.
The fight was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the match-up on Wednesday, with verbal agreements in place.
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans, airs live on pay per view from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on March 19th. The rumored card now includes:
-Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans [LHW Title]
-Brendan Schaub vs. Mirko Cro Cop
-Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
-Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
-Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
-Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
-Karlos Vemola vs. Luiz Cane
-Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
HT: RagingNoodles