In the Cage – Bellator 95 card set, Woodley-Shields likely for UFC 161 Brian McKenna February 28, 2013 News Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA. Bellator 95 card finalized with Curran vs. Shamhalaev The original main event at Bellator 85 was supposed to be a featherweight title fight between Pat Curran and Daniel Straus, however due to an injury to Straus, season seven tournament winner Shahbulat Shamhalaev has been inserted into the title fight. The season eight middleweight tournament is expected to conclude on the card as well, along with other fights including women’s flyweights Jessica Eye and Munah Holland, and welterweights Lyman Good and Dante Rivera. The full card is as follows: Main Card Champ Pat Curran vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev – featherweight title fight Brett Cooper/Dan Cramer vs. Sultan Aliev/Doug Marshall – middleweight tournament final Jessica Eye vs. Munah Holland Lyman Good vs. Dante Rivera Preliminary Card Brian Kelleher vs. Jimmie Rivera Shedrick Goodridge vs. Sam Oropeza Darrel Horcher vs. Phillipe Nover Carlos Brooks vs. Tom DeBlass Liam McGeary vs. Anton Talamantes Will Martinez vs. Michael Phillips Brett Martinez vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen Bellator 95 will take place in Atlantic City, N.J. on April 4. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Woodley vs. Shields likely for UFC 161 After Tyron Woodley finalized his new contract with the UFC, he was quick to call out and challenge former welterweight No. 1 contender Jake Shields. It appears as though the matchmakers will fill the request, and the two will likely take on one another at UFC 161. UFC 161 is tentative to take place on June 15 in Canada. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Glory to host eight-man, one-night, $100,000 tournament Glory will host a one-night, eight-man, single-elimination kickboxing tournament on Friday, May 3 in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament will take place in the promotions featherweight division, and expected to be in the field will be Kevin Ross, Abdellah Ezbiri, Mosab Amrani, Marcos Vinicius. The winner of the tournament will be awarded $100,000. SOURCE: The MMA Corner Photo: Pat Curran (Dave Mandel/Sherdog)
