If rumors hold true, Jeremy Horn will be the first in line to face the dangerous Wilson Gouveia when he makes his 185-pound debut. The fight is expected to take place Sept. 17 in Omaha, Neb. -- Horn's hometown -- on an event that will air on Spike TV.

Gouveia is a well-rounded Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with knockout power, including a highlight-reel dismissal of Jason Lambert. He prefers to stand and can take plenty of punishment while waiting for the best chance to counterpunch. He was explosive at 205 pounds, and could be an even greater threat at 185 assuming the cut doesn't take too much out of him.

Horn has seen it all and will have multiple ways to swing the fight in his favor. Although Gouveia is a BJJ black belt, Horn may find the most success setting up a takedown and working a ground and pound game. That's where previous opponents have found weakness, including Lambert. Gouveia's standup game has been good enough to keep opponents guessing and eating his leg kicks.

Gouveia last fought in Goran Reljic at UFC 84. Reljic, a Mirko Cro Cop student, landed some hard high leg kicks that bruised Gouveia, but he wasn't able to really put him away until landing a clean left to the temple and staggering the Brazilian. It's an unlikely strategy for Horn.

Two areas in particular for Horn to watch are Gouveia's leg kicks, which are brutal and accurate, and his penchant for the guillotine. Horn's last two UFC losses have come by guillotine; Gouveia has finished Seth Petruzelli and Carmelo Marrero with the move and was close to securing a couple of them against Lambert.

Horn hopes to train boxing with Matt Pena again before this fight, which should help in avoiding Gouveia's counterpunches and in setting up a takedown to work ground and pound.