In the Cage – Gustafsson Gets Manuwa, Cruz-Barao to be Main Event, Bellator and WSOF News Kyle Symes November 6, 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. Alexander Gustafsson Gets Jimi Manuwa Next March in London After his original opponent of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira pulled out of their contest due to injury, Alexander Gustafsson now has a replacement opponeont, Jimi Manuwa. The Nigerian-Englishman is undefeated and has finished every opponnent he’s faced, including his three victories inside the Octagon. Gustafsson vs. Manuwa is expected to be the main event of the card that takes place at the O2 Arena in London. The card is expected to be aired on Fox Sports 2. Source: MMA Fighting Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao Slated for Main Event; Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas Set for Co-Main Event of UFC 169 Domick Cruz vs. Renan Barao will be the official main event for UFC 169 while a featherweight title contest between Jose Aldo and Ricardo Lamas will serve as the co-main event. The reasoning behind this is due to the “champion vs. champion” nature of Cruz-Barao. Cruz hasn’t fought since 2011 while Barao hasn’t lost since his first professional fight. The fight will unify the UFC bantamweight titles. Aldo entered the UFC as champion by virtue of his victories in WEC and hasn’t lost inside the Octagon. Lamas meanwhile is riding a four-fight winning streak. Source: MMA Junkie Vaughan Lee out of UFC 167 Bout with Sergio Pettis Vaughan Lee has suffered an injury and is now out of his scheduled fight with Sergio Pettis. UFC officialls are seeking a replacement but have yet to name one. Pettis is the younger brother of UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis and currently sports an unblemished professional record of 9-0. Source: MMA Junkie Rick Glenn Faces Georgi Karakhanyan to Crown World Series of Fighting Featherweight Champion The World Series of Fighting will crown its second champion when Rick Glenn meets Georgi Karakhanyan at the WSOF 7 event. Glenn is a member of Roufusport and has won twice inside the WSOF cage. Karakhanyan brings an eight-fight winning streak and had an impressive debut as he knocked out Waylon Lowe. WSOF 7 is expected to be headlined by a bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Mike Kyle. The event place Dec. 7 at PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Source: The MMA Corner Bellator Swaps Middleweight and Heavyweight Title Bouts Alexander Shlemenko will now defend his Bellator middleweight title against Doug Marshall on Nov. 22. The heavyweight title fight between champion Alexander Volkov and Vitaly Minakov has been bumped to the Nov. 15 card. The Nov 15. card also marks the Bellator debut of former UFC light heavyweight champ, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. “Rampage” is scheduled to face Joey Beltran. Source:The MMA Corner Photo: Alexander Gustafsson (Ryan O’Leary/Sherdog)
