CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
NEW FORUM

GOT THE MMATORCH APP YET?
iPhone & iPad
Android
Kindle Fire
Windows Phone
MMATORCH IPHONE APP

MMATORCH

All the MMA News • Plus Intelligent, Brilliant, Addictive Points of View!
Independently Covering MMA Since 1993 • No Big Corporate Bosses

UFC
UFC on Fox 3 coming to New Jersey; Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz booked for event
Jan 24, 2012 - 11:00:33 PM
UFC on Fox 3 coming to New Jersey; Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz booked for event
DISCUSS ALL THIS IN OUR NEW MMATORCH FORUM
...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!



By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

UFC_on_Fox_logo_13.jpg
After a very exciting submission win over Melvin Guillard on the UFC's first event on FX, Jim Miller finds himself in another featured bout on an even more highly featured card. UFC President Dana White announced on Tuesday night that Miller will take on Nick Diaz on the third UFC on Fox card on May 5.

The May 5 date had been previously reported, but the location and venue were unknown. Not any longer, as White also revealed that the event will come to the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Miller's first round submission over Guillard bounced him back from a decision loss to Ben Henderson, who himself will challenge for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 144 in Japan next month. Miller has won eight of his last nine fights, and has only ever been defeated by Henderson, Frankie Edgar, and Gray Maynard in his 24-fight career.

Diaz is riding high off a very impressive win over Donald Cerrone at UFC 141, his second straight since returning to the lightweight division. The Ultimate Fighter season five winner is only 5-5 in his last ten fights, but four of those wins have come in his last six bouts.

Penick's Analysis: This isn't going to be the main event more likely than not, but it's a fantastic lightweight bout nonetheless. This booking likely means that Anthony Pettis will earn the next title shot in the division should he defeat Joe Lauzon, with the winner of this bout more than likely being in line after that. After seven wins in a row against lesser names in the lightweight division, Miller has been given a much higher workload in this three fight stretch, and a win over Diaz should get him that elusive title shot.


DON'T GO YET... WE SUGGEST THESE MMATORCH ARTICLES, TOO!
Michael Bisping takes another shot at Anderson Silva after passing random USADA drug test
B.J. Penn responds to sexual assault allegations, claims extortion from accusers
Kevin Lee vs. Efrain Escudero, Danny Roberts vs. Dominique Steele join UFC 197 card in Las Vegas

comments powered by Disqus
HERE ARE EVEN MORE ARTICLES THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU

SELECT ARTICLES BY CATEGORY
SEARCH MMATORCH BY KEYWORD


MMATORCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF UPCOMING MMA EVENTS
CLICK TO SEE A UFC VIDEO BELOW

ARTICLES OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE
MMATORCH POLL - VOTE NOW!

Will T.J. Dillashaw and Urijah Faber eventually fight?
 
pollcode.com free polls

Do you think Daniel Cormier will defeat returning Jon Jones to legitimize UFC Light Heavyweight Title reign?
 
pollcode.com free polls

VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS

MMATORCH WEEKLY LIVECAST
Listen to the weekly MMATORCH LIVECAST on Blog Talk Radio


MMATORCH STAFF

EDITORS:

Wade Keller, supervising editor
(mmatorch@gmail.com)

Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)

STAFF COLUMNISTS:

Shawn Ennis - Jason Amadi
Frank Hyden - Rich Hansen
Chris Park - Matt Pelkey


Interested in joining MMATorch's writing team? Send idea for a theme to your column (for Specialist section) or area of interest (i.e. TV Reporter) along with a sample of writing to mmatorch@gmail.com.

MORE MMA SITES
CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
THE TORCH: #1 IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE | © 1999-2013 TDH Communications Inc. • All rights reserved -- PRIVACY POLICY