In the Cage – Cormier-Evans, MacDonald-Maia at UFC 170, WSOF 7 Weigh-in Results

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.

Daniel Cormier has an opponent for his debut fight at 205 pounds.

Cormier will face former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans at UFC 170 on Feb. 22. The event takes place from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The UFC has also announced a welterweight bout between Rory MacDonald and Demian Maia, who are both coming off losses.

UFC Fight Night 33 took place on Dec. 6 from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia.

Announced at the post-fight press conference, the event drew an attendance of 11,393 with a live gate of $1.785 million.

Three men walked away $50,000 richer as Mark Hunt and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva earned Fight of the Night honors, while Mauricio “Shogun” Rua won Knockout of the Night. There were no submissions on the card.

Fighters tipped the scale on Friday before WSOF 7 takes place the following day from the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver. All 18 fighters made the required weight and all fights are official.

Main Card (NBC Sports Network)

• Georgi Karakhanyan (144.7) vs. Lance Palmer (144.6) – for the WSOF featherweight title
• Elvis Mutapcic (185.6) vs. Jesse Taylor (185.7) – middleweight tournament semifinal
• Sabah Fadai (155) vs. Nick Newell (155.8)
• Dwayne Lewis (205) vs. Kalib Starnes (205)

Preliminary Card

• Richard Arsenault (169.8) vs. Michael Hill (169.2)
• Matt Baker (185.8) vs. David Perron (185.8)
• Shawn Albrecht (155.6) vs. Gabriel Solorio (154.8)
• Myles Merola (155.7) vs. Dan Ring (155.5)
• Micah Brakesfield (185.4) vs. Brendan Kornberger (184.5)

The vastly growing promotion World Series of Fighting has plans of airing two events on NBC in 2014.

The organization expects to air the first event on NBC in the summer, with the other later in the year. WSOF plans on putting on eight to 10 shows in 2014, with all but two continuing to air on its current platform of NBC Sports Network.

Just days after announcing Justin Gaethje would fight JZ Cavalcante for the WSOF lightweight title, Calvalcante has been forced out to injury.

In comes Lewis Gonzalez, who will fight Gaethje at WSOF 8 on Jan. 18 from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

Bantamweights Russell Doane and Leandro Issa have signed with the UFC and are set to fight at UFC Fight Night 34.

Headlined by a welterweight clash between Tarec Saffiedine and Hyun Gyu Lim, the event takes place on Jan. 4 from the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.

Another addition has been added to UFC Fight Night 35 in Georgia.

Lightweights Elias Silverio and Isaac Vallie-Flagg will lock horns on Jan. 15 when the UFC invades the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga.

The initial main event between Ulysses Gomez and Neil Seery was called off due to Gomez collapsing while cutting weight and had to be rushed to the hospital. But a new main event is in place as Curt Warburton takes on Wesley Munch moves up to take the slot.

Weigh-ins took place on Friday, with the full results listed below.

In addition, a catchweight bout of 178 pounds has been added between Danny Roberts and Mateusz Strzelczyk.

• Wesley Murch (160.6lbs) vs. Curt Warburton (160.2lbs)
• Olivier Pastor (145.8lbs) vs. Chris Fishgold (146lbs)
• Karl Moore (204.9lbs) vs. Richie Knox (200.1lbs)
• Dan Hope (176.2lbs) vs. Tommy Quinn (175.4lbs)
• Ian Entwistle (146.6lbs)* vs. Liam James (145.3lbs)
• Danny Lawson (143.9lbs) vs. Alex Enlund (145.5lbs)
• Leeroy Barnes (183.6lbs) vs. Ronan McKay (185.6lbs)
• Danny Roberts (177.3lbs) vs. Mateusz Strzelczyk (178lbs)
• Emma Delaney (135.2lbs) vs. Laura Howarth (138.2lbs)*
• Jordan Desborough (139.8lbs) vs. Martin Sheridan (139.9lbs)
• Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (135.1lbs) vs. Kerry Hughes (137.1lbs)*
• Mark Connor (125.8lbs) vs. Shaj Haque (125.7lbs)
• Paul Gregson (153.8lbs) vs. Frankie Slater (158.5lbs)**

*Failed to make weight, surrenders 25 percent of purse to opponent
**Failed to make weight, surrenders 50 percent of purse to opponent