Palhares to Face Horn at UFC 93

Middleweight “Toquinho” Rousimar Palhares (9-3) will face longtime UFC veteran “Gumby” Jeremy Horn (80-18-5) at UFC 93 in Dublin 17 January, British UFC officials confirmed to Fighters Only Thursday.

Palhares lost his last fight via unanimous decision to Fighters.com’s fifth-ranked light heavyweight “Hollywood” Dan Henderson (23-7) at UFC 88 in September.

Horn is also coming off a loss, most recently to “Boogeyman” Dean Lister (11-5) via first-round guillotine choke at the TUF 7 Finale in June.