Jim Miller Submits Gordon, Extends UFC Records

Jim Miller submitted Jared Gordon via guillotine choke at 3:29 of the first round Saturday night at UFC 328 in Newark, New Jersey, extending his UFC records for most fights to 47 and most victories to 28 in front of his family, including his 14-year-old son Wyatt, who recently beat a rare form of childhood cancer.

The lightweight prelim bout at Prudential Center pitted the Sparta, New Jersey, native against the Astoria, Queens, fighter in a rare matchup between neighboring states' representatives. Gordon briefly took Miller down after catching a body kick, but Miller quickly locked in his signature guillotine, his sixth in UFC history and his 20th finish overall, second only to Charles Oliveira's 21. A low blow earlier paused the action briefly, but Miller pressed forward relentlessly from his southpaw stance.

The victory marked Miller's return after a 13-month layoff, his longest, following a unanimous decision loss to Chase Hooper at UFC 314 in April 2025. The break stemmed from supporting Wyatt through treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft-tissue cancer discovered last July 2025 near the boy's left eye socket and sinus area. Wyatt underwent two rounds of chemotherapy and...