In the Cage – 4.13.12

Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA.

Main Card (Fuel TV)

• Alexander Gustafsson (205) vs. Thiago Silva (205)

• Brian Stann (185) vs. Alessio Sakara (186)

• Paulo Thiago (170) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (170)

• Dennis Siver (145)* vs. Diego Nunes (146)

• DeMarques Johnson (171) vs. John Maguire (170)

• Brad Pickett (146) vs. Damacio Page (145)

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

• Papy Abedi (171) vs. James Head (170)

• Cyrille Diabate (206) vs. Tom DeBlass (205)

• Francis Carmont (186) vs. Magnus Cedenblad (185)

• Reza Madadi (155) vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo (155)

• Simeon Thoresen (170) vs. Besam Yousef (170)

• Jason Young (145) vs. Eric Wisely (145)

*Siver weighed in one pound over, but eventually made the cut down to 145.

Aaron Simpson will move down to welterweight for his next fight, but his opponent won’t be an easy win for him.

Simpson will be taking on former 170-pound No.1 contender Jon Fitch, but no date has been set as of now.

According to reports, a possible card where the two could meet is at UFC 149 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 21.

Bellator’s Alexander Shlemenko was in a car accident on Wednesday in Russia, suffering a dislocated thumb and broken collarbone.

According to the vice president of Shlemenko’s gym, Alexei Zhernakov, the middleweight was riding in the passenger seat when a drunk driver struck the vehicle.

The two-time Bellator tournament winner will be forced to wear a cast on both his thumb and shoulder for a little over a month, and then must attend physical therapy to get back to full health.