Jim Miller at UFC 334: Only Fighter at UFC 100, 200 and 300

Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, a 43-year-old lightweight will walk to the Octagon on the UFC 334 preliminary card. The arena is familiar to him. So are the UFC’s biggest nights.

He fought at UFC 100 in 2009, at UFC 200 in 2016 and at UFC 300 in 2024. Four months after UFC 200, he won on the first card the UFC ever held at the Garden.

That fighter is Jim Miller. He faces Terrance McKinney on Nov. 14, almost exactly 10 years after that first night in New York, and he arrives holding the UFC records for most fights and most wins.

Jim Miller at UFC 334 Key Facts

The Only Fighter on UFC 100, 200 and 300

Miller’s UFC.com athlete profile lists all three landmark events. He beat Mac Danzig by unanimous decision at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009. He stopped former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi in the first round at UFC 200 on July 9, 2016. He lost a unanimous decision to Bobby Green at UFC 300 on April 13, 2024.

Before UFC 300, BBC Sport reported that Miller was “the only athlete who also fought at the UFC’s landmark 100 and 200 events,” which made him the only fighter to appear on all three cards.

Miller marked the week by wearing his original UFC 100 jacket to the pre-fight press conference. “It’s been in the closet for 15 years and I was like ‘do you know what, this is the week to bring this out,’” he told the BBC.

His UFC career began even earlier. He debuted at UFC 89 in October 2008, according to UFC.com.

A Win on the UFC’s First Night at the Garden

The UFC announced its first New York event on April 14, 2016, the day New York legalized professional mixed martial arts. The promotion set a pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden for Nov. 12, 2016. That card became UFC 205.

Miller was on it. He beat Thiago Alves by unanimous decision, per his UFC.com fight history. Alves missed weight, and UFC.com notes the fight was contested at a catchweight.

He returned to the Garden eight years later. At UFC 309 on Nov. 16, 2024, an event held at Madison Square Garden, Miller submitted Damon Jackson with a guillotine choke at 2:44 of the first round. That makes him 2-0 at the Garden heading into Saturday.

The Record Book

Miller’s most recent fight extended both of his headline records. At UFC 328 in Newark on May 9, 2026, he submitted Jared Gordon with a first-round guillotine. MMA Fighting called it “win No. 28,” the most in UFC history.

UFC.com’s UFC 334 fight-by-fight preview describes that win as his 28th victory in his 47th Octagon appearance, and the AP also counted UFC 328 as his 47th UFC fight. His fight-by-fight history on UFC.com shows 28 wins, 18 losses and one no contest. Saturday will be his 48th UFC bout.

The win over Gordon carried more weight than the record. Miller’s 14-year-old son, Wyatt, had been diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer, and was given a “no evidence of disease” diagnosis before the fight, UFC.com reported. After the fight, Miller told MMA Fighting what he had said to his son at the time of the diagnosis: “Millers have been called a lot of names over the years but fragile’s never been one of them.”

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The Oliveira Connection

On Dec. 11, 2010, at UFC 124 in Montreal, Miller submitted a young Charles Oliveira with a kneebar at 1:59 of the first round, per UFC.com. Oliveira won the rematch by rear-naked choke in December 2018.

Oliveira went on to win the UFC lightweight title at UFC 262 in May 2021. He now holds the symbolic BMF title and headlines UFC 335 against Diego Lopes on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Miller’s kneebar came more than 10 years before that title win.

The Fight Saturday

UFC.com lists Miller vs. McKinney as a lightweight bout on the UFC 334 prelims at Madison Square Garden. The prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET on Paramount+, according to the UFC’s how-to-watch page. Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit headlines the card.

Miller is the underdog. As of Nov. 9, Tapology listed McKinney at -215 and Miller at +180, while the UFC.com event page showed McKinney at -220 and Miller at +180. Tapology lists McKinney as 32 years old.

The UFC’s preview notes that McKinney has never gone to the scorecards and has not gone past the first round in his last eight fights, going 5-3 in that stretch.

Jim Miller at the UFC’s Landmark Nights

Analysis: The Road to 50

Miller has said he wants to reach 50 UFC fights before he retires, according to MMA Fighting. A fight with McKinney on Saturday would be No. 48.

The matchup is a familiar test for Miller. McKinney’s fights end early, and Miller’s best weapon, his submission game, also tends to end fights early. Miller has 22 career submission wins and 17 first-round finishes, per UFC.com. Whatever happens Saturday, his place in the record book is already set. No other fighter appeared at UFC 100, 200 and 300, and no one has fought or won more often in the Octagon.

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This story was originally published by Athlon on Nov 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the MMA section. Add Athlon as a Preferred Source by clicking here.