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 at Pittsburgh.
Eye (11-4) is coming off back to back losses to Miesha Tate and Julianna Pena and will be looking to prevent three straight losses for the first time in her profession. The 29-year old is currently 1-3 -1 NC at the UFC, together with her lone win coming against Leslie Smith in UFC 180. Correia (9-1) competes for the first time since her 34-second weight loss loss to former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at UFC 190 in August. Also online is a middleweight matchup that surely won’t disappoint. Alvey (26-7) is coming off the first knockout loss of his professional career, as Derek Brunson put him away from the first round of their fight back at UFC Fight Night 73. The loss snapped”Smilin”`s three 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 Occurs on Feb. 21 in 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 vacant Strikeforce light heavyweight title on the line? Per UFC Tonight, Ovince Saint-Preux will take on Rafael”Feij??o” Cavalcante. Saint Preux (18-7) had his 2 battle win streak snapped in his last struggle — along with his third-round entry loss to Glover Teixeira in August — but has amassed an impressive 6-2 UFC record. His only UFC setbacks have been into the aforementioned Teixeira and leading competition Ryan Bader. Cavalcante (12-6, 1 NC) has lost two straight and three of his past four fights. The 35-year-old is in dire need of a success if he wishes to maintain his spot 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 Based on Ariel Helwani on UFC Tonight, present UFC heavyweight champion Werdum has signed a fresh eight-fight contract the UFC. The contract is reportably worth seven figures. Werdum (20-5-1) will defend his title at UFC 196 at February in a rematch against former winner Cain Velasquez. Al Iaquinta undergoes successful knee surgery, aiming for July yield UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta experienced a successful knee surgery 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 a few months with a possible return in July. Iaquinta (12-3-1) is coming from a controversial split decision victory over Jorge Masvidal at UFC Fight Night 63 back in April. He then was scheduled to fight Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night 71 in San Diego, but an accident to Green compelled him off the card. Gilbert Melendez was tabbed as his substitute, but he failed a post fight drug evaluation and Iaquinta was left with no opponent. CABMMA finds fraud by fighters MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz reports that the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) is set to reveal the names of several MMA fighters who perpetrated fraud by falsifying medical tests. This was discovered during a covert investigation and it should be noted, the series of frauds does not include any fighters presently signed by the UFC. CABMMA charman Rafel Favetti told MMAFighting.com”The commission was doing a secret investigation against frauds in medical exams provided 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 said that each of the fighters involved in this investiation will be suspended indefinitely and probably banned from the game.
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