Cain Velasquez (Dave Mandel/Sherdog)In the Cage – TUF: Latin America Cast Revealed, Maynard Returns, Brandao Injured Kyle Symes May 20, 2014 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. 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
