After 2-Year Absence, Walt Harris Returns Against Josh Parisian at UFC Event on July 15

Walt
Harris will return to the Octagon for the first time in two
years when he meets Josh
Parisian at UFC Fight Night on July 15.

Eurosport
NL was first to report the heavyweight bout. The event doesn’t
currently have a location or headliner.

Harris was recently seen training with Jon Jones
ahead of “Bones’” heavyweight championship victory over Ciryl Gane
at UFC 285. “The Big Ticket” last appeared at UFC Fight Night 189
on June 5, 2021, when he suffered a third-round technical knockout
defeat to Marcin
Tybura — his third consecutive setback within the Las
Vegas-based promotion. Harris enjoyed his greatest success in the
UFC during a four-bout unbeaten run from June 2018 to July 2019.
The 39-year-old owns a 13-10 career mark, with all of his triumphs
coming via knockout or technical knockout.

A former competitor on Dana White’s Contender Series, Parisian is
2-3 in UFC competition. In his first outing of 2023, the Scorpion
Fighting System representative dropped a unanimous verdict against
Jamal
Pogues at UFC Fight Night 219 on Feb. 18.