Jake Collier vs. Marcel Fortuna headed to UFC Fight Night 120 in Norfolk

The UFC’s return to Virginia this fall continues to see its lineup build with the addition of a light heavyweight bout.

Jake Collier (10-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) will meet Marcel Fortuna (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 120. UFC officials recently announced the new booking.

UFC Fight Night 120 takes place Nov. 11 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. The event’s main card airs live on FS1 following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The show is headlined by a lightweight showdown between ex-champ Anthony Pettis and Dustin Poirier.

Jake Collier

Collier has alternated wins and losses since coming to the UFC nearly three years ago. After an 8-1 start to his career, he debuted in the promotion with a TKO loss to Vitor Miranda in hostile territory in Brazil. He rebounded in June 2015 with a split-call win over Ricardo Abreu, but later that year found himself on the wrong end of a TKO against Dongi Yang in South Korea.

In May 2016, though, he bounced back witih a bonus-winning second-round TKO of Alberto Uda at UFC Fight Night 88 in Las Vegas. But after a layoff of more than 10 months, he moved from middleweight to light heavyweight earlier this year and lost a decision to Devin Clark at UFC on FOX 24 in Kansas City.

Fortuna came to the UFC earlier this year on a five-fight winning streak. His promotional debut was a big one. He picked up a performance bonus for a first-round knockout of Anthony Hamilton at UFC Fight Night 104 in Houston in a heavyweight fight. In July, he dropped back to 205 pounds, but lost a decision to Jordan Johnson at the TUF 25 Finale in Las Vegas for his first setback since 2012 – which coincidentally came to Jesse Taylor, the “TUF 25” winner, in a middleweight fight.

With the addition, UFC Fight Night 120 now includes:

• Anthony Pettis vs. Dustin Poirier
• Matt Brown vs. Diego Sanchez
• Karl Roberson vs. Darren Stewart
• Cezar Ferreira vs. Nate Marquardt
• Nina Ansaroff vs. Angela Hill
• Jake Collier vs. Marcel Fortuna

For more on UFC Fight Night 120, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.