In the Cage – Thiago Alves’ Return, Samman-Magalhaes at UFC on Fox 11

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.

In April at UFC on Fox 11, Thiago Alves is scheduled to officially make his return to the Octagon.  He has been on the sidelines since a loss to Martin Kampmann back in 2012, and has verbally agreed to a match against Seth Baczynski.

“Pitbull” has gone 19-9 in his career, but has gone 2-4 in his last six bouts.

When the UFC returns to Florida for UFC on Fox 11, there will be a middleweight matchup between Josh Samman and Caio Magalhaes on the dockett.

Samman is a veteran of The Ultimate Fighter and has won his only official UFC fight.  Magalhaes started his UFC career with a loss, but has rebounded nicely as of late, winning his last two.

UFC on Fox 11 takes place on April 19 in Orlando.

Former Bellator welterweight champion will compete for the ONE FC welterweight title in his debut fight with the promotion.  His opponent will be the winner of the fight between Brock Larson and Nobutatsu Suzuki at ONE FC 14 on March 14.

Yesterday, and injury to Thiago Tavares left Zubair Tuhugov without an opponent for next weekends UFC Fight Night 36 event.  The UFC acted quickly, and Douglas de Andrade will step in on short notice to take the fight.

While it will be his Octagon debut, his professional record at this point of his career is 22-0 and he has 19 finishes under his belt.

UFC Fight Night 36 takes place on Feb. 15 from Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

While Steve Carl holds the WSOF world welterweight championship, a bout between Ryan Ford and Joel Powell has been set for Feb. 21.  The winner of that fight will be named the Canadian welterweight champion.  The event will feature top Canadian prospects and fighters from the WSOF organization.

The card has been announced, and is as follows:

Main Card:
170lbs- Ryan Ford (21-4) vs. Joel Powell (7-3) — Canadian welterweight title fight
265lbs- Steve Mocco (4-0) vs. Smealinho Rama (6-1)
170lbs- Michael Hill (6-2) vs. Ryan Dickson (6-1)
145lbs- Josh Machan (11-4) vs. Adam Lorenz (7-3)
170lbs- Brandt Dewsbery (10-3-1) vs. Mark Drummond (5-1)

Preliminary Card:
145lbs- Lenny Wheeler (6-3) vs. Will Romero (9-4)
200lbs- Matt Baker (9-5) vs. Mike Kent (9-4)
265lbs- Tim Hague (15-8) vs. Lee Mein (6-12)
135lbs- Owen Carr (4-2-1) vs. Maged Hammo (5-3)
145lbs- Behrang Yousefi (5-3) vs. Hakeem Dawodu (0-0)
155lbs- Roger Alves (1-1) vs. Jemark Brady (2-2)
170lbs- Justin Evans (0-0) vs. Stuart Fontaine (0-0)

“World Series of Fighting Canada: Ford vs. Powell” takes place on Feb. 21 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.