Anthony Pettis to Make Lightweight Return Against Jim Miller at UFC 213
Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will return to 155 pounds to face Jim Miller at UFC 213 on July 8.
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Pettis dropped to featherweight for a two-bout stint last year. After submitting Charles Oliveira in the third round at UFC on Fox 21 in his 145-pound debut, “Showtime” suffered a third-round TKO defeat to Max Holloway in an interim featherweight title bout at UFC 206 this past December. A former UFC and WEC lightweight champion, Pettis moved to 145 pounds after losing successive bouts against Edson Barboza, Eddie Alvarez and Rafael dos Anjos.
Miller, meanwhile, had a three-fight winning streak snapped at UFC 208, when he lost a majority decision to Dustin Poirier. The New Jersey native had been coming off wins over Thiago Alves, Joe Lauzon and Takanori Gomi prior to that defeat.
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