Report: Myles Jury returns from layoff, meets Mike De La Torre at UFC 210 in Buffalo

The lineup for the UFC’s return to upstate New York next month continues to take shape with the addition of a featherweight fight.

According to a report from the Los Angeles Daily News, Myles Jury (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is set to take on Mike De La Torre (14-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 210. The booking has not yet been announced by the promotion.

UFC 210 takes place April 8 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

After missing all of 2016, former lightweight contender Jury will fight for the second time as a featherweight. He made his debut in the weight class at UFC on FOX 17 in December 2015, but was submitted by Charles Oliveira in the first round. (Oliveira was more than four pounds overweight for the fight.)

The setback to Oliveira was Jury’s second straight after starting his career a perfect 15-0, including six straight to start his UFC tenure. After a stretch that included wins over Michael Johnson, Ramsey Nijem, Diego Sanchez and Takanori Gomi, Jury dropped a decision to Donald Cerrone at UFC 182 in January 2015 in what was his final fight at lightweight before the drop to featherweight later that year.

Mike De La Torre

Like Jury, De La Torre also trains in the Phoenix area, and like him he also is a former lightweight. He’ll be looking to get back on track after a first-round submission loss to Godofredo Pepey this past September in Brazil.

His UFC run has been an up-and-down one. He debuted as a lightweight with the promotion, but dropped a split decision to Mark Bocek nearly three years ago at the TUF Nations Finale. He then was submitted by Brian Ortega, but had the result flipped to a no-contest when Ortega failed a drug test. He knocked out Tiago Trator, but followed that with a TKO loss to Maximo Blanco. A bounce-back split-decision win over Yui Chul Nam in November 2015 then was met with the negative result to Pepey. Consequently, De La Torre hasn’t had a winning streak in more than three years.

With the addition, the latest UFC 210 card includes:

• Champ Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson – for light-heavyweight title
• Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Patrick Cummins
• Irene Aldana vs. Katlyn Chookagian
• Shane Burgos vs. Charles Rosa
• Will Brooks vs. Charles Oliveira
• Sean Strickland vs. Kamaru Usman
• Magomed Bibulatov vs. Jenel Lausa
• Thiago Alves vs. Patrick Cote
• Josh Emmett vs. Desmond Green
• Gregor Gillespie vs. Andrew Holbrook
• Mike De La Torre vs. Myles Jury

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