MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR THURSDAY: EYE VS. CORREIA RUMORED FOR UFC PITTSBURGH, SAINT PREUX VS. FEJAO SET FOR UFC 196
UFC Fight Night 82 rumored for Jessica Eye vs. Bethe Correia, Sam Alvey vs. Daniel Sarafian Globo reports that Jessica Eye finally got her Desire Rival on the UFC’s card in Pittsburgh.
Eye (11-4) is coming off back to back losses to Miesha Tate and Julianna Pena and will be looking to prevent three consecutive losses for the first time in her career. The 29-year old is now 1-3 -1 NC at the UFC, with her lone win coming against Leslie Smith at UFC 180. Correia (9-1) competes for the first time because her 34-second weight loss loss to former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at UFC 190 in August. Also on the card is a middleweight matchup that definitely won’t disappoint. Alvey (26-7) is coming away from the first weight loss loss of his professional career, as Derek Brunson put him away from the first round of the fight back in UFC Fight Night 73. The loss snapped”Smilin”`s fight win streak. Sarafian (9-5) bounced back from a two-fight skid after knocking out Ant??nio dos Santos Jr. at UFC Fight Night 58 back in December 2014. UFC Fight Night 82 takes place on Feb. 21 at the Consol Energy Center at Pittsburgh, PA.. Here’s an updated look at the UFC Pittsburgh card Jessica Eye vs. Bethe Correia (rumor) Cody Garbrandt vs. John Lineker Derek Brunson vs. Roan Carneiro Sam Alvey vs. Daniel Sarafian Joe Riggs vs. Chris Camozzi Trevor Smith vs. Leonardo Augusto Guimaraes Shane Campbell vs. James Krause Brandon Thatch vs. Siyar Bahadurzada Anthony Hamilton vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov Sean Strickland vs. Alex Garcia Sarah Moras vs. Lauren Murphy Ovince Saint-Preux vs. Rafael”Feij??o” Cavalcante added to UFC 196 Is the empty Strikeforce light heavyweight title on the line? Feb UFC Tonight, Ovince Saint-Preux will take on Rafael”Feij??o” Cavalcante. Saint Preux (18-7) had his two battle win streak snapped in his last struggle — along with his third-round entry loss to Glover Teixeira in August — but has still amassed an impressive 6-2 UFC record. His sole UFC reverses have been into the aforementioned Teixeira and top competition Ryan Bader. Cavalcante (12-6, 1 NC) has lost two straight and three of his last four fights. The 35-year-old is in dire need of a success if he wants to keep his place on the UFC’s light heavyweight roster. UFC 196 takes place Feb. 6th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fabricio Werdum signals eight-fight contract with the UFC According to Ariel Helwani on UFC Tonight, present UFC heavyweight champion Werdum has reportedly signed a new eight-fight contract that the UFC. The contract is reportably worth seven figures. Werdum (20-5-1) will defend his title at UFC 196 at February at a rematch against former champion Cain Velasquez. Al Iaquinta undergoes successful knee surgery, aiming for July yield UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta underwent a successful knee operation Monday. MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani confirmed that UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta underwent successful knee surgery on Monday. The New York native expects to come back to training in three to four months with a possible return in July. Iaquinta (12-3-1) is coming off a controversial split decision victory over Jorge Masvidal at UFC Fight Night 63 back in April. Then he was scheduled to combat Bobby Green in UFC Fight Night 71 at San Diego, but an injury to Green forced him off the card. Gilbert Melendez was tabbed as his substitute, but he failed a pole fight drug test and Iaquinta was abandoned without an opponent. CABMMA discovers fraud by fighters MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz reports that the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) is defined to disclose the names of many MMA fighters who perpetrated fraud by falsifying medical exams. This was detected during a secret investigation and it should be noted, the collection of frauds doesn’t incorporate any fighters presently signed by the UFC. CABMMA charman Rafel Favetti advised MMAFighting.com”The commission was performing a key identification against frauds in medical exams supplied by athletes in several gyms. We got to a point where we are possibly dealing with a criminal gang, a gang which has as its motto to fraud medical examinations for MMA athletes” Favetti also mentioned that all the fighters involved in this investiation will be suspended indefinitely and probably banned from the game.
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