UFC fight bookings roundup – 8/5 – 8/12

Since the UFC has decided to produce 50+ events in 2014, there is a remarkable amount of fighter signings and new match-ups being set…

By: Karim Zidan | 9 years ago
UFC fight bookings roundup – 8/5 – 8/12
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Since the UFC has decided to produce 50+ events in 2014, there is a remarkable amount of fighter signings and new match-ups being set up throughout any given week. Many of these new signings are for match-ups that take place on the undercard, or on the Fight Pass portion of a PPV, so we are going to continue with a new weekly (or bi-weekly if needed) series of articles where we take a brief look at each and every bout booked by the promotion in one place.

UFC Fight Night: Halifax

A compelling bantamweight contest between Bryan Caraway and Raphael Assuncao is scheduled to take place on the main card of the UFC’s first fight card in Halifax. Sherdog also reported that Nordine Taleb will drop down to welterweight to meet China’s Jingliang Li on the fight card.

UFC Fight Night: Stockholm

Several new fights have been added to the UFC Fight Night card in Stockholm, Sweden; the first is a middleweight contest between Tor Troeng and Krzysztof Jotko, while the other is a welterweight tilt between Cathal Pendred and Gasan Umalatov.

Also, Alexander Yakovelv will replace Amir Sadollah against Nico Musoke on the October card. Sadollah was removed from that fight to replace Kyle Noke against Yoshihiro Akiyama.

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Karim Zidan
Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.

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