Halifax-based UFC fighter Gavin Tucker set to make return in October

By Chris Halef

Posted Aug 8, 2018 07:55:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Gavin Tucker will be looking to get back in the win column this October when makes his return at UFC Fight Night 138 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

The Ship Cove, N.L. native will be dropping down a weight-class from featherweight to bantamweight when he takes on Andre Soukhamthathm (12-6), according to the UFC Canada Twitter account.

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