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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC appears to be going with a heavyweight theme for their UFC on Fox 13, as in addition to a discussed Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic fight and the confirmed Alistair Overeem vs. Stipe Miocic fight, a bout between Matt Mitrione and Gabriel Gonzaga is now set for the card as well.
Mitrione is hoping to continue his current run after scoring consecutive knockout wins. The first of those came in March, as he stopped Shawn Jordan with one second left in the first round, getting him back on track after a loss to Brendan Schaub. He followed that up with a 41 second win over Derric Lewis earlier this month at UFC Fight Night 50.
Gonzaga returns for the first time in nearly ten months, where he dropped a decision to Stipe Miocic at UFC on Fox 10. It was just his second loss in six fights since returning to the UFC in January of 2012.
UFC on Fox 13 marks the UFC's first ever event in Arizona, hitting the US Airways Center in Phoenix on Dec. 13.
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