John Dodson vs. Scott Jorgensen joins UFC on FOX 9 lineup

John Dodson (15-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will officially welcome former bantamweight Scott Jorgensen (14-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC) to the flyweight division when the 125-pounders clash at UFC on FOX 9.

UFC officials today announced the fight.

UFC on FOX 9 takes place Dec. 14 at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif. The main card airs on FOX, but FOX Sports 1 and MMAjunkie.com carry the prelims, which include Dodson vs. Jorgensen.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported, Jorgensen initially was slated to fight Ian McCall (12-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) at the event, but “Uncle Creepy” was forced off the card with a recent hand injury.

Dodson fought just 10 days ago at UFC 166, where he knocked out Darrell Montague. It moved his record to 4-1 in the UFC, where his only loss came in a January title fight with champ Demetrious Johnson. Overall, the Team Jackson-Winkeljohn fighter is 6-1 in his past seven fights, which included winning “The Ultimate Fighter 14? in 2011.

Jorgensen, meanwhile, has fought under the Zuffa banner since 2008. He put together a 7-3 record in the WEC before the promotion shuttered its doors and ceded its talent to the UFC. Jorgensen opened his UFC career with wins over Jeff Curran and Ken Stone but has since gone just 1-3, though the losses came to top-ranked bantamweights Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland and Renan Barao. The skid also included two “Fight of the Night” performances.

The latest UFC on FOX 9 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)

• Anthony Pettis vs. Josh Thomson – for UFC lightweight title
• Urijah Faber vs. Michael McDonald
• Matt Brown vs. Carlos Condit
• Nik Lentz vs. Chad Mendes

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, MMAjunkie.com)

• Mac Danzig vs. Joe Lauzon
• John Dodson vs. Scott Jorgensen
• Pat Healy vs. Jamie Varner
• Edson Barboza vs. Danny Castillo
• Kelvin Gastelum vs. Court McGee
• John Moraga vs. Darren Uyenoyama
• Roger Bowling vs. Abel Trujillo
• Cody McKenzie vs. Sam Stout

For more on UFC on FOX 9, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: John Dodson)