Fabricio Werdum (right) kicking Roy Nelson. Pic by MMA Fighting. Credit: Esther Lin

The Around the world of MMA column returns as preview for the week’s MMA events. For the first time since July here are the shows:

LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 37

Texas based Legacy FC will hold an event at the Arena Theater in Houston, Texas this coming Friday, November 14th broadcast on AXS TV:

Daniel ‘The Pit’ Pineda vs Leonard ‘Bad Boy’ Garcia
Justin Reiswerg vs Mike ‘The Greek’ Bronzoulis
Bruno Viana vs Augusto ‘Tanquinho’ Mendes
Quentin ‘The Hero’ Henry vs Larry ‘Tae Kwon’ Crowe
Geoff ‘Handz of Steel’ Neal vs Charlie Ontiveros
Antonio ‘King Kong’ Flores vs Jonathan ‘The Hulk’ Harris
Adrian Yanez vs Levi Mowles
David Acosta vs Mike Trinh
Jacob Silva vs Mike DeLeon
Ralph Garcia vs Jason Langellier
Tim Lashley vs Sage Northcutt
Stephanie ‘The Cyclone’ Alba vs Maria Lopez

UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt

The UFC makes it’s debut in Mexico City on coming Saturday, November 15th at the Arena Cuidad de Mexico broadcast on pay-per-view:

Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship Fabrício Werdum vs. Mark Hunt
Welterweight Jake Ellenberger vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. Dennis Bermudez
Welterweight Edgar García vs. Héctor Urbina
The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Bantamweight Final Alejandro Pérez vs. José Alberto Quiñónez
Women’s Bantamweight Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith
Welterweight Augusto Montaño vs. Chris Heatherly
Bantamweight Enrique Briones vs. Guido Cannetti
Bantamweight Marco Beltrán vs. Marlon Vera
The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America Featherweight Final Yair Rodríguez vs. Leonardo Morales
Featherweight Humberto Brown vs. Gabriel Benítez
Bantamweight Masio Fullen vs. Alexander Torres
Flyweight Fredy Serrano vs. Bentley Syler

Bellator 131

As the finale of season eleven, Bellator MMA travels to San Diego, California on Saturday at the Valley View Casino Center airing on Spike:

Light Heavyweight Tito Ortiz vs. Stephan Bonnar
Bellator Lightweight Championship Will Brooks (ic) vs. Michael Chandler
Light Heavyweight Muhammed Lawal vs. Joe Vedepo
Middleweight Melvin Manhoef vs. Joe Schilling
Featherweight Mike Richman vs. Nam Phan
Middleweight Kyle Bolt vs. A.J. Matthews
Flyweight Ron Henderson vs. Jonathan Santa Maria
Featherweight Jordan Bailey vs. Alex Higley
Flyweight Nick Garcia vs. Matthew Ramirez
Welterweight Andy Murad vs. Bubba Pugh
Featherweight Rolando Perez vs. Mark Vorgeas
Lightweight Ian Butler vs. Joao Faria

World Series of Fighting 15: Branch vs. Okami

WSOF holds an event at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida on Saturday to be broadcast on NBCSN, possibly to draw away from Bellator:

WSOF Middleweight Championship David Branch (c) vs. Yushin Okami
WSOF Lightweight Championship Justin Gaethje (c) vs. Melvin Guillard
WSOF Women’s Strawweight Championship Jessica Aguilar (c) vs. Kalindra Faria
Featherweight Anderson Hutchinson vs. Troy Gerhart