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.

TUF: Latin America Full Cast Revealed

The full cast of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America, which will air on the UFC Fight Pass, has been released. Eight fighters across bantamweight and featherweight will be coached by UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum. The cast is as follows:

TEAM VELASQUEZ TEAM WERDUM
Bantamweight Bantamweight
Marco Beltran (5-2), 27, Morelia, Mexico Guido Cannetti (5-1), 34, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Henry Briones (13-4), 33, Tijuana, Mexico Fredy Serrano (1-0), 34, Bogota, Colombia
Alejandro Dominguez (22-6), Tlatenango, Mexico Bentley Syler (5-0), 31, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Jose Quinonez (10-1), 23, Tlatenango, Mexico Marlon Vera (5-1), 22, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Featherweight Featherweight
Gabriel Benitez (16-4), 25, Tijuana, Mexico Humberto Brown (4-4), 29, Panama City, Panama
Masio Fullen (6-4), 27, Guadalajara, Mexico Leonardo Morales (4-0), 21, Managua, Nicaragua
Yair Rodriguez (2-1), 22, Parral, Mexico Diego Rivas (5-0), 22, Temuco, Chile
Rodolfo Rubio (12-6), 27, DF, Mexico Alex Torres (1-1), 25, Bogota, Colombia

Velasquez and Werdum are expected to face one another on Nov. 15 at UFC 180. TUF: Latin America is scheduled to premiere in August.

Source: The MMA Corner
Gray Maynard to Face Fabricio Camoes at UFC 176

Gray “The Bully” Maynard returns to the Octagon on Aug. 2 when he faces Fabricio Camoes at UFC 176. Maynard hasn’t fought since a loss to Nate Diaz in November of 2013 while Camoes is looking to rebound after a loss to Jim Miller at UFC 168.

UFC 176 is scheduled to be headlined by a featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes.

Source: UFC
Diego Brandao Injured, Brian Ortega Scratched From Card

Diego Brandao has suffered an injury and will be forced out of his scheduled fight with Brian Ortega. A replacement will not be offered and Ortega has been removed from the TUF Finale Brazil 3 card.

The event, which takes place Saturday, May 32 in Sao Paulo, is scheduled to be headlined by a heavyweight contest between Stipe Miocic and Fabio Maldonado.

Source: UFC
Bellator 122 set to Feature Middleweight and Welterweight Tournament Finals

Bellator 122 will host the finals of the Season 10 middleweight tournament and welterweight tournament finals. After initially being postponed due to injury, Brett Cooper will face Brandon Halsey in the middleweight finals while Andrey Koreshkov meets Adam McDonough.

Bellator 122 takes place on July 25 from the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.

Source: The MMA Corner
Titan FC Books Magalhaes vs. Brilz, Riddle vs. Landi-Jons Title Fights

Titan FC has announced that Jason Brilz will face BJJ ace Vinny Magalhaes at a future Titan FC event, likely in August. The bout will be for the promotion’s light heavyweight title fight. Also announced is a welterweight title fight between Matthew Riddle and Jose Landi-Jons.

Source: MMA Junkie
Four Fights Added to ONE FC: Era of Champions

Four fights have been added to the ONE FC: Era of Champions card. Geje Eustaquio and Kentaro Watanabe will square off in a flyweight contest, Yohan Mulia Legowo meets Ev Ting, Zuli Silawanto locks horns with Barbod Barbod, and Mahmoud Salama faces Aung La N Sang.

The card is scheduled for June 14 from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Source: The MMA Corner

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Kyle Symes
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Kyle is a recent graduate of Aurora University, where he obtained a Bachelor's in Communications. Kyle resides in Illinois, just outside of Chicago. He played baseball and football in both high school and college, but is now focusing on an amateur MMA career.