Alves-Henderson, Headlines UFC Fight Night Seoul, Nov. 28th

Former UFC Lightweight Champion “Smooth” Benson Henderson (22-5) and former Welterweight title challenger Thiago “Pitbull” Alves (21-10) have been tagged as the main event for UFC Fight Night 79, November 28^th, in Seoul, South Korea.

Henderson a member of the MMA Lab recently ended a 2 fight skid with a, short notice, submission win over Brandon Thatch. American Top Teams, “Pitbull” is coming off a TKO loss to Carlos Condit which ended a 2 fight win streak.

At Heavyweight on a 3 fight win streak coming off a TKO of Gabriel Gonzaga, Mirko Cro Cop (31-11-2), takes on Anthony Hamilton (14-4), who’s 2-2 in the UFC coming off a unanimous decision win over Daniel Omielanczuk.

South Korea’s very own Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (20-3-1), coming off submitting Josh Burkman, will tangle with Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal (29-9) who’s coming off knocking out Cezar Ferreira.

Fighting for the first time since a unanimous decision win over Amir Sadollah, what will have been 15 months prior, Japan’s Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5) squares off with undefeated Brazilan Alberto Mina (11-0), who’s coming off a 1^st round TKO win over Shinsho Anzai.

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