Jim Miller vs Gleison Tibau possible for UFC event in Fall 2010

by James Kimball on May 4, 2010 10:56 AM EDT

A lightweight battle in the form of Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau is in the works for an upcoming UFC event in late summer/early fall at an event and venue to be named, according to a May 3 report from MMA Die Hards.

Miller will be coming into this contest riding an impressive four-fight win streak after suffering his only loss inside the Octagon to Gray Maynard at UFC 96. During that time Miller has knocked off Mac Danzig, Steve Lopez, Duane Ludwig, and most recently Mark Bocek at UFC 111.

Carrying a record of 17-2 with his only losses coming to the aforementioned Maynard and to current UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, a win against Tibau could vault Miller into the upper echelon of the 155 pound division.

Gleison (21-6), fighting out of American Top Team, has reeled off back-to-back wins against Josh Neer at UFC 104 and against Caol Uno at UFC Fight Night 21: "Florian vs. Gomi," and has won four of his last five fights with his only loss coming to Melvin Guillard at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale last summer.

Prior to his most recent string of success, Tibau struggled competing with some of the tops guys in the division losing to Tyson Griffin at UFC 81 and Joe Stevenson at UFC 86.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for a future announcement regarding the date and venue for this 155-pound match-up.

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I wanna see Gleison cut to 145.

by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on May 4, 2010 11:20 AM EDT reply actions

The guy cuts from like 185 to get to 155...

He’s ripped at the weigh ins at 155…I doubt he could make it at 145.

"To me, MMA is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."

by Buster Bluth on May 4, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

no way he goes to 145

he is one of the biggest LW’s there is!

I'm not afraid of dying, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after

by SouthCaliStunNa on May 4, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

but imagine, he would by far be the biggest FW there is.

The difference percentage wise would be bigger than between brock and small heavies near 220. Last time he said they began the cut at around 191, that’s fucking ridiculous yet awesome.

by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on May 4, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions