In the Cage – Faber-Jorgensen Headlines TUF 17 Finale, Shamhalaev in for Straus, Volkmann to WSOF David Massey February 27, 2013 News Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight match-ups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA. Faber vs. Jorgensen set for TUF 17 finale main event A scheduled flyweight championship fight between champion Demetrious Johnson and challenger John Moraga was scrapped due to injury, and Urijah Faber vs. Scott Jorgensen will take its place as the main event at The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale. The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale goes down April 13 in Las Vegas. Source: The MMA Corner Shamhalaev steps in for Straus for Bellator 95 championship fight It was announced earlier in the week that Bellator season 6 featherweight tournament winner Daniel Straus had pulled out of his meeting with champion Pat Curran at Bellator 95 due to a broken hand. Taking his place will be Russian Shahbulat Shamhalaev, who won the season 7 tournament , winning all three fights via stoppage. The Russian was waiting for a shot at the winner of Curran vs. Straus for the title. Bellator 95 takes place April 4 from the Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. Source: The MMA Corner UFC on FX 8 gains flyweight bout John Lineker is scheduled to meet Azamat Gashimov at the May 18 event from the Arena Jarague in Jarague do Sul, Santa Catrina, Brazil. Also scheduled for the event are middleweight showdowns between Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold, and Constantinos Philippou vs. Ronaldo Souza. Source: MMA Junkie Bahari injured, out of Cage Warriors 52, replacement named Moshen Bahari is out of a scheduled welterweight clash with Bruno Carvahlo at the March 9 event due to injury. Steve Dinsdale has been named to take Bahari’s spot on the main card. This will be Dinsdale’s Cage Warriors debut and return to action since last April. Source: The MMA Corner Jeremy Stephens fights at featherweight for UFC 160 Longtime UFC lightweight Jeremy Stephens drops down a weight class after losing three straight and will meet Estevan Payan in his UFC debut. UFC 160 takes place May 5 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Source: Sherdog Volkmann signs with World Series of Fighting Jacob Volkmann has signed with WSOF one week after being released from the UFC. It was reported that Volkmann signed a multi-fight contract and is expected to debut for the promotion in its third ever event in July Source: MMA Fighting Fujino vs. Lovato added to Pancrase 247 Emi Fujino and Monica Lovato will meet in a strawweight bout at the event. This will be Fujino’s debut fight in the Pancrase promotion and Lovato’s second. Pancrase 247 takes place May 19 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Source: MMA Rising Photo: Urijah Faber (James Law/Heavy MMA)
