In the Cage – WSOF Title Fights, Titan FC 29 News, UFN 53 Additions

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.

Marlon Moraes defends his WSOF bantamweight title and Josh Hill at WSOF 13 this September. Moraes makes the first defense of his belt, which he won by defeating Josh Rettinghouse at WSOF 9. Hill stands at an unblemished 10-0 in the sport and looks to score his biggest win to date against the bantamweight champion.

David Branch defends middleweight belt vs. Yushin Okami at WSOF 15. Branch makes his first defense of the WSOF middleweight title since submitting win over Jesse Taylor at WSOF 10 this past June. Okami also comes off of a submission win, which came at WSOF 9 over Svetlozar Savov.

Kurt Holobaugh and Lloyd Woodard will compete in a Titan FC featherweight title eliminator at Titan FC 29, which takes place on Aug. 22 live from The Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Holobaugh rides a three-fight winning streak, while Woodard recently scored his first win since a 2-3 run in Bellator. The winner of this bout will await the victor of a planned featherweight bout, scheduled to take place at Titan FC 30, which will see Brazilian prospect Gleristone Santos in action.

Jan Blachowicz signed with the UFC not too long ago, and now he knows his first assginment. Blachowicz meets Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night 53 in Stockholm. While Blachowicz found success as a former light-heavyweight champion in KSW, Latifi comes off of two successful performances inside the Octagon.

Dennis Siver returns to action when the UFC comes to Stockholm on Oct. 4. Coming off of three wins in his last four bouts, Siver’s returns on the heels of some time off, due to a positive drug test which turned his UFC 168 win over Manny Gamburyan into a no-contest. The opposition for Siver comes in the form of  Robert Whiteford, who scored a big win over Daniel Pineda in March.