A bantamweight contest of Alex Caceres (8-5) vs Roland Delorme (9-1) has been added to the preliminary lineup at UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson.
A veteran of The Ultimate Fighter Season 14, and technically undefeated in the UFC, Canada’s Delorme (pictured) holds victories over Josh Ferguson, Nick Denis, and Edwin Figueroa, with a TKO loss to Francisco Rivera having been overturned to a no-contest following Rivera’s failed drug test,reportedly due to an over-the-counter stimulant.
A veteran of TUF 12 himself, Alex ‘Bruce Leeroy’ Caceres is undefeated in his last 3 appearances, and makes his return to competition having tested positive for marijuana following UFC on Fuel TV in march. A split decision victory over Kyung Ho Kang was the cost, now declared a no-contest.
UFC 163 card:
Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson – UFC light-heavyweight title
Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland – UFC interim bantamweight title
Matt Mitrione vs. Brendan Schaub
Pat Healy vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Francis Carmont vs. Constantinos Philippou
Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci
Ivan Menjivar vs. Norifumi Yamamoto
Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson
Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura
Renee Forte vs. John Makdessi
Mark Bocek vs. Michel Prazeres
Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Alex Caceres vs. Roland Delorme
