UFC 108: Dan Lauzon vs Cole Miller possible for Jan. 2

Bout agreements have been distributed for a possible lightweight match up between Dan Lauzon and Cole Miller at UFC 108, which is scheduled to take place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 2, 2010 according to MixedMartialArts.com.

"The Upgrade" (12-2) will return to action after a back injury forced him to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Rafaello "Tractor" Oliveira at UFC 103 back on Sept. 19 in Dallas.

The East Bridgewater, Mass., native was extracted from the rubble that was Affliction MMA shortly after the "Trilogy" event went belly up and his fight against Chris Horodecki was canceled when the promotion decided to pull the plug on its fighting endeavors.

Lauzon — the younger brother of current UFC lightweight and The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 alum Joe Lauzon — has strung together an impressive eight-fight win streak since suffering back-to-back losses more than two years ago (Spencer Fisher and Deividas Taurosevicius).

"The Upgrade" was the youngest fighter ever to compete inside the Octagon (18) when he accepted a fight against the much more experienced (and older) Fisher at UFC 64 back in Oct. 2006, which he dropped via first round technical knockout.

Now he's back to try his luck one more time inside the Octagon -- but don't expect a very warm welcome from Cole Miller upon his return.

"Magrino" is a talented submission specialist who fell just short of the TUF finals, eventually succumbing to Dan's older brother Joe Lauzon after being rattled with an illegal punch to the back of his head in the TUF 5 semifinals.

Since his UFC debut in June of 2007, Miller has gone 4-2, including an impressive submission victory over exiled lightweight Jorge Gurgel at UFC 86 and then the quick work of Junie Browning at UFC Fight Night 18 last April.

While his most recent appearance ended with a TKO loss to undefeated TUF champion Efrain Escudero, Miller is still considered one of the division's brighter prospects.

In short, expect an exciting fight from these two hungry up-and-comers.

UFC 108 is expected to serve as the promotion’s traditional "year-end" event because the Christmas holiday falls on the last weekend of 2009. Former light heavyweight champion Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort has been courted to challenge current division deity Anderson "The Spider" Silva in the night’s main event.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more information on UFC 108 as it becomes available.