UFC 124 preliminary-card recap: Dan Miller, Mark Bocek victorious in featured bouts

MONTREAL – After three consecutive losses in the octagon, Dan Miller nearly lost his UFC job.

A recent victory over John Salter salvaged his employment, and in the featured preliminary-card bout of Saturday’s UFC 124 event at Montreal Bell Centre, Mi…

MONTREAL – After three consecutive losses in the octagon, Dan Miller nearly lost his UFC job.

A recent victory over John Salter salvaged his employment, and in the featured preliminary-card bout of Saturday’s UFC 124 event at Montreal Bell Centre, Miller got back into contention with a hard-fought split-decision victory over veteran Canadian middleweight Joe Doerksen.

The fight was one of two that streamed for free on UFC.com prior to the night’s pay-per-view main card.