Cody Garbrandt appears to be like to bounce again this fall.
A number of individuals with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Preventing that the previous UFC bantamweight champion is anticipated to face Miles Johns at a UFC Struggle Night time occasion on Oct. 12. The cardboard is anticipated to happen on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Eurosport was first to report the reserving.
After going 2-0 in 2023 with wins over Trevin Jones and Brian Kelleher, Garbrandt competed at UFC 300 in April towards former flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo. “No Love” was submitted within the second spherical by Figueiredo, placing a halt to Garbrandt’s two-fight win streak. After profitable the title towards Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 in December 2016, Garbrandt is 3-6 in his previous 9 outings.
Johns is unbeaten in his previous 4 octagon appearances, which features a unanimous resolution victory towards Douglas Silva de Andrade at April’s UFC Vegas 93 occasion.
Damon Martin contributed to this report.
