Abel Trujillo vs. Tony Sims lightweight bout booked for UFC 195 in Las Vegas

Abel Trujillo

UFC 195 is less than five weeks away, but it continues to grow with the addition of a new lightweight fight.

Abel Trujillo (12-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC) is set to meet Tony Sims (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at next month’s pay-per-view in Las Vegas. UFC officials recently announced the new booking.

UFC 195 takes place Jan. 2 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. The event is headlined by a welterweight title fight between champ Robbie Lawler and former interim titleholder Carlos Condit.

Trujillo will be looking to snap a two-fight losing skid that started at UFC 181 about a year ago with a submission loss to Tony Ferguson. After a lengthy layoff, he returned in November against Gleison Tibau at UFC Fight Night 77 in Brazil. But for the second straight time, he was submitted with a rear-naked choke.

Sims made his promotional debut in June at UFC Fight Night 70 with a first-round knockout win over Steve Montgomery. It was the Iowan’s fourth straight wins. But in August, at UFC Fight Night 74 in Canada, he dropped a unanimous decision to Olivier Aubin-Mercier for his first loss since October 2013.

The latest UFC 195 card now includes:

• Champ Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit – for welterweight title
• Andrei Arlovski vs. Stipe Miocic
• Drew Dober vs. Erik Koch
• Lorenz Larkin vs. Albert Tumenov
• Joseph Duffy vs. Dustin Poirier
• Masanori Kanehara vs. Michael McDonald
• Nina Ansaroff vs. Justine Kish
• Edgar Garcia vs. Sheldon Westcott
• Diego Brandao vs. Brian Ortega
• Stephen Thompson vs. TBA
• Joe Soto vs. Michinori Tanaka
• Tony Sims vs. Abel Trujillo

For more on UFC 195, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.