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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
A bout between two UFC Flyweight Title challengers is heading to Albuquerque this June.
The UFC announced on Wednesday that John Dodson will take on John Moraga on the UFC Fight Night card, which will air live on Fox Sports 1 on June 7.
Dodson returns for the first time since an October knockout over Darrell Montague. He had been scheduled to face Scotty Jorgensen at UFC on Fox 9 in December, but a knee injury pushed him off the card. Now he's ready to return, and he'll take on the man who fell to Demetrious Johnson after him in Moraga.
The 30-year-old Moraga got a UFC Title fight last July after only two wins in the organization, but he was soundly defeated and ultimately submitted in the fifth round by Johnson. Moraga returned in January of this year, defeating Dustin Ortiz in a controversial split decision.
The June 7 UFC Fight Night event is the UFC's first card in Albuquerque, and will be headlined by a five round lightweight bout between Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov.
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