{"id":245217,"date":"2017-07-25T18:56:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=245217"},"modified":"2017-07-26T07:07:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:07:24","slug":"ufc-215-edmonton-gets-two-exciting-new-bouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-215\/ufc-215-edmonton-gets-two-exciting-new-bouts\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 215 in Edmonton gets two exciting new bouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 215, which goes down September 9 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has grown by two exciting new bouts, per the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonsun.com\/2017\/07\/25\/exclusive-magny-dos-anjos-bout-added-to-edmontons-ufc-215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edmonton Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first of UFC 215&#8217;s new bouts will occur at welterweight, where former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos will take on the 6th-ranked Neil Magny.<\/p>\n<p>This bout will be Dos Anjos&#8217; second in the welterweight division. His first occured back in mid-June in Singapore, when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-singapore\/ufc-singapore-results-rafael-dos-anjos-defeats-tarec-saffiedine\/\">out-duelled former Strikeforce champ Tarec Saffiedine<\/a> to a unanimous decision win. This victory separated him from back-to-back losses to Tony Ferguson and Eddie Alvarez at lightweight. The former marked the end of his reign as UFC lightweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Magny, meanwhile, has been on the shelf since December, when he picked up a unanimous decision win over former welterweight champ Johny Hendricks. This win was preceded by a TKO loss to current Bellator star Lorenz Larkin.<\/p>\n<p>The second of these new matchups will occur at lightweight, where Canada&#8217;s Mitch Clarke will take on Missouri&#8217;s Alex White. This bout will mark Clarke&#8217;s opportunity to bounce back from a pair of losses to top-flight foes in Michael Chiesa and Joe Duffy. It&#8217;ll also be his first fight in over a year. White, meanwhile, will look to rebound from a decision loss to Tony Martin.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 215 will be headlined by a flyweight title fight between Demetrious &#8220;Mighty Mouse&#8221; Johnson and Ray Borg. The co-headliner will be a rescheduled women&#8217;s bantamweight title fight between champ Amanda Nunes and challenger Valentina Shevchenko. It will also feature a heavyweight scrap between Junior Dos Santos and Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>Which fight on the UFC 215 bill are you most excited for?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/25\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 215, which goes down September 9 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has grown by two exciting new bouts, per the Edmonton Sun. 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