Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci added to UFC 165 in Toronto

The UFC’s fall return to Toronto now includes a lightweight fight between a pair of veterans of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

The unbeaten Myles Jury (12-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will meet Canada native Mike Ricci (8-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 165. Sources close to the fighters recently confirmed the fight booking. MMAFighting.com first reported the news, and UFC officials also announced it midday Monday.

UFC 165 takes place Sept. 21 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The main card will air on pay-per-view and features a light heavyweight title fight between champ Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson.

Jury got his UFC start after going 9-0 to open his career, mostly in his native Midwest. After appearing on the live edition of “TUF,” Season 15, Jury made his official debut with the promotion by submitting Chris Saunders with a first-round guillotine choke at the TUF 15 Finale.

He followed that up with an upset unanimous decision win over Michael Johnson at UFC 155. In April, he stopped Ramsey Nijem with a second-round knockout at UFC on FOX 7 to move to 3-0 in the UFC.

Ricci was the Season 16 favorite on “TUF,” and he reached the finals against Colton Smith in December, where he was a 3-to-1 favorite. But Smith took home the unanimous decision and the “TUF 16? welterweight title.

After that, Ricci returned to lightweight and at UFC 158 in March in his home city of Montreal, he took a unanimous decision from Colin Fletcher. Against Jury, he’ll be looking for his first win streak sine he started his career 5-0. That early run was ended by current Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran with a first-round upset knockout in that promotion’s Season 2 lightweight tournament quarterfinals.

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(Pictured: Myles Jury)