Cody Garbrandt-Miles Johns Among 3 Bouts Added to UFC Fight Night on Oct. 12

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Cody Garbrandt is getting back on the horse after his first career submission loss.

Eurosport NL broke the news on Thursday that Garbrandt (14-6) would be returning to the Octagon against Miles Johns (15-2, 1 NC) at a currently unnamed UFC Fight Night card on Oct. 12. The fighters have confirmed this collision at the UFC Apex on their Instagram pages. There is currently no main event on the books for this show.

Garbrandt saw a two-fight win streak—his longest since 2016—come to a crashing halt when former flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo tapped him out at UFC 300. In the process, “No Love” suffered the first submission defeat as a pro, and he has still not registered a sub in the win column. His two wins came in 2023 came over Trevin Jones on the scorecards and Brian Kelleher via blistering one-punch knockout. Garbrandt came into the promotion undefeated and won a belt against Dominick Cruz in 2016, but he has gone 3-6 since that triumph.

Johns has quietly put together a four-fight unbeaten streak in the Octagon, with decision wins over Douglas Silva de Andrade and Vince Morales to bolster his bantamweight credentials. While he also beat Dan Argueta along the way, he failed a post-fight drug test for metabolites of oral turinabol. The Marathon MMA fighter has only fallen short to Mario Bautista and John Castaneda in his career thus far, while registering devastating knockouts over Anderson dos Santos and Kevin Natividad while on the roster.

Additionally, management team Iridium Sports Agency announced on Thursday a pair of welterweight scraps for the same event. At this Oct. 12 show, Themba Gorimbo (13-4) and Niko Price (16-7, 2 NC) will throw down, while Chidi Njokuani (23-10, 1 NC) will collide with Jared Gooden (23-9).

Since losing his promotional debut to A.J. Fletcher in 2023, Gorimbo has rebounded to rattle off three straight victories. He has gone the distance against Takashi Sato and Ramiz Brahimaj—and apologized for those performances—while dusting Pete Rodriguez in a little over 30 seconds. Price has not shown the same success as his opponent as of late, winning just once in his last three. While Price’s last performance was a decision victory over Alex Morono, he was previously punched out by Philip Rowe and Robbie Lawler.

Njokuani moved back to welterweight this year and faced Rhys McKee, narrowly escaping the pairing with a split decision. That put “Chidi Chidi Bang Bang” back in the green, as he had sustained three straight losses to Gregory Rodrigues, Albert Duraev and Michal Oleksiejczuk to prompt a change. Gooden came back to the UFC last year after a couple years away, and his return jaunt was unsuccessful as Carlston Harris beat him on the scorecards. He has since gone on to tap out Wellington Turman in December.Clayton Carpenter vs Lucas Rocha Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Josh Fremd Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira Brad Tavares vs Jun Yong Park Cory McKenna vs Polyana Viana Pat Sabatini vs Unknown Fighter Ramazonbek Temirov vs Unknown Fighter Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Chris Barnett Cody Haddon vs Dan Argueta Daniel Rodriguez vs Alex Morono Terrance McKinney vs Unknown Fighter