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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
John Moraga's got a new opponent for UFC on Fox 13 next month, as MMAFighting.com reports that newcomer Willie Gates is stepping in on short notice.
Gates, who captured the Tachi Palace Fights Flyweight Title earlier this month, has won five fights in 2014 alone to move his career record to 11-4. In those five 2014 bouts, he's finished each opponent in the first round.
He now takes on a former UFC Title challenger in Moraga, who was originally scheduled to face Jussier Formiga before the Brazilian was forced out due to injury. Moraga, 30, has gone 2-1 since his loss to Demetrious Johnson for the title in the summer of 2013, with his loss in that stretch coming by TKO to top contender John Dodson.
UFC on Fox 13 hits Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 13, headlined by the heavyweight bout between Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic.
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