Jim Hettes
Officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced a featherweight bout for the upcoming UFC 152 event in Toronto, pitting fighters Marcus ‘The Bama Beast’ Brimage (5-1) and Jimmy ‘The Kid’ Hettes (10-0) against one another for the September event.
UFC 152 is expected to take place on September 22, 2012 in at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Brimage has won both of his Octagon appearances, most recently winning a split decision victory against Maximo Blanco at UFC 145 last April. ‘The Bama Beast’ got his first win in the UFC at the TUF 14 Finale, defeating castmate Stephen Bass by unanimous decision. Brimage will carry a three fight win streak into the match.
Hettes is so far undefeated as a pro and has also won both of his matches under the UFC banner. He had been scheduled to face Steven Siler at UFC on FX 4 but was forced out with an injury. Hettes had his last fight in December at UFC 141, winning a decision over popular fighter Nam Phan. Hettes’ first UFC victory occurred in August of last year with a submission win over another popular TUF fighter Alex Caceres.