A date and location have been booked for the kickboxing match between UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and former two-division boxing champion Michael Nunn.

The two combat sports legends are set to square off July 18 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa. The fight will take place outdoors, with a smaller indoor venue secured as a backup option should the weather become an issue.

Miletich, 52, and Nunn, 57, verbally agreed to a kickboxing match late last year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back its originally-scheduled April 18 fight date.

Monte Cox, the longtime manager of Miletich and a veteran regional promoter, announced the news in an interview with The Quad City Times on Monday.

Iowa currently has a 50 percent capacity law due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but Cox, who is promoting the event, is hopeful the ban will be lifted on June 17. If large event laws are back to normal, Cox said he expects around 12,000 people to be in attendance.

“We’re going to put on a good show for the community,” Cox said. “We need something like this right about now to kind of bring the community together. … I think it’s going to be a very fun atmosphere because a lot of young and very talented guys are going to be on the undercard who need a chance to be on something that’s going to be seen by a lot of people. … I think it could be one of the first fighting sports events in the world to have spectators since the pandemic began.”

Both fighters have built up notable resumes in their respective combat sports. In 10 UFC appearances, Miletich compiled an 8-2 promotional record and won the UFC 16 tournament in 1998. Later that year, he captured the UFC welterweight title when he defeated Mikey Burnett at UFC 17.5. In 2014, Miletich was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame and his post-fight career has seen him extend his resume as an MMA commentator for AXS TV and UFC Fight Pass.

In July 1988, Nunn won the IBF middleweight title when he knocked out Frank Tate. Nunn defended his title five times before eventually losing his belt to James Toney in May 1991. After winning the NABF super middleweight championship upon his return, Nunn won the WBA and lineal super middleweight titles in September 1992 when he defeated then-champion Victor Cordoba by split decision. After making four straight defenses of the belt, Nunn eventually lost the title to Steve Little in February 1994.

Nunn went on to win the WBO-NABO super middleweight championship and the NABF light heavyweight championship, before receiving a 24-year prison sentence in 2004 for drug trafficking. In 2019, Nunn was released from prison after 16.5 years served.