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.

WSOF heading to Canada

World Series of Fighting has acquired Canadian promotion Aggression Fighting Championship and will launch World Series of Fighting Canada on Dec. 7 from Vancouver.

Two fights have been revealed for the event as UFC veteran Anthony Johnson will meet Mike Kyle at light heavyweight and in a middleweight tournament semifinal, Elvis Mutapcic meets Jesse Taylor.

Source: The MMA Corner

Shlemenko defends title in Jersey

Bellator MMA returns to Atlantic City on Nov. 15 and middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko will be defending his title.

Shlemenko will meet season eight middleweight tournament winner Doug Marshall, who claims his title shot after being delayed by hand injury.

Source: The MMA Corner

Leites steps in against Herman at UFC 167

After Brazilian middleweight Rafael Natal was tabbed to face Tim Kennedy at UFC: Fight for the Troops 3 on Nov. 6, his opponent at UFC 167, Ed Herman, was stuck without a dance partner.

Former title challenger Thales Leites will step in for his fellow countryman to take on the TUF alum at the Nov. 16 event in Las Vegas.

UFC 167 is headlined by a welterweight title tilt between champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Johny Hendricks.

Source: MMA Junkie

UFC Fight Night 33 adds welterweight contest

TUF winner Robert Whittaker returns to his homeland on Dec. 7 (Dec. 6 in North America) to face off with hard-hitting Strikeforce veteran Brian Melancon.

UFC Fight Night 33 takes place from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia and airs live on Fox Sports 1.

Source: MMA Junkie

Barnes draws Karski at Cage Warriors 60

Cage Warrors middleweight Leeroy Barnes is set to meet his fourth different opponent for the Cage Warriors 60 event after his first three foes fell through.

He will meet Polish fighter Kacper Karski this Saturday on the main card.

Source: The MMA Corner

Photo: Anthony Johnson(Esther Lin/MMA Fighting)

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David Massey
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David Massey studied Humanities and Art History at the University of Central Oklahoma. He first found interest in MMA from the first TUF show and has been hooked ever since. He began posting on mmajunkie then submitting Sunday Junkie entries and that began his interest in writing about MMA. Through twitter David found other MMA enthusiasts and began contributing articles to marqueemma.com. He looks forward to growing as a writer and being a part of the sport he loves.