Fight-size MMA Update: UFC 201 – Falcons, Jake Shields Contract, Cyborg Santos, UFC Fighter Cleared By USADA, More
Your Fight-size MMA update for July 29!
– Several UFC fighters visited Atlanta Falcons training camp in promotion of UFC 201
– Jake Shields says that he’s agreed to a new contract with World Series Of Fighting, and will be fighting Jon Fitch for the WSOF title later this year.
– Randy Brown (7-1) vs. Enrique Marin (8-4) has been added to UFC Fight Night 94 on September 17 from Hidalgo, Texas.
– Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos underwent successful surgery on his fractured skull this week, which was a seven hour procedure.
– USADA found that Islam Makhachev was not at fault for his failed drug test for meldonium.
– Fredy Serrano vs. Ryan Benoit has been moved up to the UFC 201 PPV card after Justin Scoggins vs. Ian McCall was scrapped.
– A reminder that we’ll have full coverage of UFC 201 Saturday night, including columns from Showdown Joe, as well as a post-show podcast. We also did a show preview, which you can see below.
