Myles ‘The Fury’ Jury – image via his Twitter page @FuryJury
A pair of former TUF fighters are reportedly set to meet in Toronto this September in lightweights Myles ‘The Fury’ Jury (12-0) and Mike ‘The Martian’ Ricci (8-3) for UFC 165.
News of the match was announced by MMAFighting.com Friday night after learning of the match from sources close to the bout.
UFC 165 is expected to take place on September 21, 2013 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main event was just announced yesterday with UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones set to defend his title against Swedish fighter Alexander Gustafsson.
Jury appeared in season 13 of TUF but was forced off the reality series after a knee injury in the first episode. He was then a competitor on season 15 and made his debut at the final by defeating Chris Saunders by submission. ‘The Fury’ then went on to defeat Michael Johnson by decision at UFC 155 and then Ramsey Nijem at UFC on FOX 7 via knockout.
Ricci was the season 16 TUF welterweight finalist losing to Colton Smith by decision at the Las Vegas event. The Canadian fighter returned to lightweight for his next bout, picking up a decision victory over TUF: The Smashes finalist Colin Fletcher at UFC 158 in Montreal. ‘The Martian’ has gone 3-3 in his last six matches which includes a loss to Pat Curran in the Bellator’s season 2 tournament.