Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum rematch set for UFC 207 UFC officials announced Thursday that heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will rematch at UFC 207 this December. Velasquez (14-2) bounced back in his last fight earning a first-round TKO of Travis Brown at UFC 200. The AKA product lost his UFC heavyweight title to Werdum back at UFC 188. Werdum (21-6-1) lost the heavyweight title to Stipe Miocic at UFC 203, but rebounded against Browne at UFC 203. UFC 207 takes place Dec. 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alexis Davis vs. Sara McMann, Jared Cannonier vs. Ion Cutelaba added to TUF 24 Finale in December MMAFighting (via ESPN) reported Thursday that former UFC women bantamweight contenders Alexis Davis and Sara McMann will clash at the TUF 24 Finale this December. Davis (17-6) hasn’t competed since a April 2015 submission victory over former Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman at UFC 186. The 32-year old gave birth earlier this year, and took time away from the cage because of this. McMann (9-3) heads into this contest off a unanimous decision victory over Jessica Eye at UFC Fight Night 88. She’s 2-3 in her last five contests. In addition UFC officials announced that light heavyweights Jared Cannonier and Ion Cutelaba will also face off on the card. Cannonier (8-1) has gone 1-1 in the UFC, earning a win over Cyril Asker in his last bout at UFC Fight Night 86 while dropping his UFC debut to Shawn Jordan at UFC 182. Cutelaba (12-2) simliarly lost his UFC debut to Misha Cirkunov but rebounded with a decision victory over Jonathan Wilson at UFC Portland last month. TUF 24 Finale takes place at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here’s an updated look at the card Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. TUF 24 winner – for UFC flyweight championship Joseph Benavidez vs. Henry Cejudo Jake Ellenberger vs. Jorge Masvidal Ryan Hall vs. Gray Maynard Elvis Mutapcic vs. Anthony Smith Jake Collier vs. Josh Stansbury Kailin Curran vs. Jamie Moyle Brendan O’Reilly vs. “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim Alexis Davis vs. Sara McMann Jared Cannonier vs. Ion Cutelaba TUF 23 winner Andrew Sanchez faces Trevor Smith at UFC Fight Night 102 UFC officials announced Thursday that “El Dirte” Andrew Sanchez will face off against Strikeforce veteran Trevor Smith at UFC Albany Sanchez (8-2) defeated Khalil Rountree at the TUF 23 Finale in Las Vegas this past July to win the reality TV tournament. Prior to the show, the 28-year old had won four of his last five fights. Smith (14-6) heads into this matchup off back-to-back fights including wins over Dan Miller and most recently Joe Gigliotti. UFC Fight Night 102 takes place Dec. 9 at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. Here’s an updated look at the card. Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov Anthony Hamilton vs. Francis Ngannou Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling Patrick Cummins vs. Gian Villante Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Joseph Gigliotti Randy Brown vs. Charlie Ward Keith Berish vs. Ryan Janes Juliana Lima vs. Tatiana Suarez Corey Anderson vs. Sean O’Connell Tiago Trator vs. Zubaira Tukhugov Andrew Sanchez vs. Trevor Smith UFC signs Paul Craig, makes promotional debut against Luis Henrique da Silva at UFC on FOX 22 Also on Thursday MMAJunkie got the scoop that BAMMA light heavyweight champion Paul Craig has signed with the promotion and will face Luis Henrique da Silva at UFC on FOX 22. Craig (8-0) has won seven of his eight career matchups by submission and competes for the first time in 2016. Da Silva (12-0) has won 11 of his 12 career bouts by knockout and has gone 2-0 in the UFC with wins over Jonathan Wilson and most recently Joachim Christensen at UFC Fight Night 96. UFC on FOX 22 takes place Dec. 17 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. Here’s an updated look at the card. Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson Mickey Gall vs. Sage Northcutt Bryan Barberena vs. Colby Covington Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry Urijah Faber vs. Brad Pickett Josh Emmett vs. Scott Holtzman Sultan Aliev vs. Bojan Velickovic James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono Paul Craig vs. Luis Henrique da Silva Titan FC featherweight champion Andre Harrison parts ways with promotion In case you missed it, MMAOddsBreaker broke the news yesterday that Titan FC featherweight champion Andre Harrison (14-0) has made a mutual split with the Florida based promotion and will take on TUF veteran Julian Lane next month at Ring of Combat 57 on November 18th. Read the full story here in case you missed it.
