Jim
Miller will make his 43rd walk to the Octagon when he squares
off against
Gabriel
Benitez in a lightweight bout at
UFC Fight Night 234.
The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed the booking in a release on
Wednesday. UFC Fight Night 234 takes place on Jan. 13 at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a rematch between
Magomed
Ankalaev and
Johnny
Walker. Other bouts confirmed for the event include a flyweight
clash pitting
Manel Kape
against
Matheus
Nicolau and a bantamweight scrap between
Ricky Simon
and
Mario
Bautista.
Miller, who also holds the UFC record for most wins (25), has been
victorious in four of his last five promotional appearances. Most
recently, the New Jersey native scored a 23-second knockout victory
against
Jesse
Butler at UFC on ESPN 46 on June 3.
Benitez will return to active competition for the first time since
August 2022, when he scored a first-round TKO victory against
Charlie
Ontiveros at UFC on ESPN 41. Prior to that triumph, “Moggly”
had lost four of his last five Octagon appearances dating back to
August 2019.