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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC has been quickly filling up their October cards with fights, but they're not finished with events earlier just yet.
September UFC 135 in Denver still has a number of spots open, and the organization has added another fight to that card in a light heavyweight tilt between the Australia-based James Te Huna and Ricardo Romero.
The UFC announced the fight overnight, and it will take place on the night's preliminary card.
Te Huna has appeared twice in the UFC thus far, fighting on both of the UFC's trips to his current country of residence. He's split both of his appearances, defeating Igor Pokrajac at UFC 110 and getting submitted by Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 127 this year.
Romero has also split two appearances in the UFC. In his debut fight at UFC 116 last July, he came back from a first round beating to submit Seth Petruzelli in the second round. However, he was then knocked out by Kyle Kingsbury in 21 seconds in February at UFC 126.
UFC 135 is headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jon Jones and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, and airs live on pay-per-view on September 24 from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
Penick's Analysis: This is a solid preliminary card fight in the division. Both fighters are 1-1, with similar wins and losses each to a similar level of competition, so this is a very logical booking, and the winner will keep themselves relatively in the same spot they're in. As for the loser, they'll be on their last legs at 1-2 in the organization, and will likely be in desperation mode in their next fight. They're not on that yet at all, but this is still a very important fight for both to get back on track.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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