Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

A flyweight contest between Neil Seery and Jon Delos Reyes has been added to UFC Fight Night 76 on Oct. 24 in Dublin, Ireland, according to UFC officials Wednesday.

Seery (15-11) is 2-2 in the UFC after losing to Louis Smolka via unanimous decision at UFC 189 in his last outing.

Reyes (8-4) snapped his two-fight skid with his submission win against Roldan Sangcha-An this past May at UFC Fight Night 66.

Dustin Poirier faces Joseph Duffy in a lightweight contest in the main event.

LOS ANGELES — UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson discussed his UFC 191 title defense against John Dodson, his first fight with Dodson, dealing with criticism his fellow flyweights, Dodson’s punching power, and much more at a UFC 191 media lunch.

LOS ANGELES — UFC strawweight contender Paige VanZant discussed her UFC 191 bout against Alex Chambers, her camp at Team Alpha Male, the UFC strawweight rankings, champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, comparisons to Ronda Rousey, and much more at a UFC 191 media lunch.

LOS ANGELES — UFC strawweight contender Paige VanZant discussed her UFC 191 bout against Alex Chambers, her camp at Team Alpha Male, the UFC strawweight rankings, champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, comparisons to Ronda Rousey, and much more at a UFC 191 media lunch.

The cast of the 22nd edition of The Ultimate Fighter reality series was released on Monday via the UFC, and it will feature 32 lightweights from 11 different countries.

The United States team, which will be coached by veteran Urijah Faber, will feature prospects from the Inland Empire in California to Long Island, New York. The European team, headed up by Irish firebrand Conor McGregor, has 16 fighters from 10 different countries.

TUF 22 will begin airing on Wednesday, Sept. 9 (10pm EST) on FOX Sports 1. The field of 32 will fight to earn a spot in the house. Though Faber and McGregor are coaching opposite one another, they will not fight at the end of the show. McGregor has a fight lined up against longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 194 on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas.

The cast for Team Faber will be Andreas Quintana (Albuquerque, New Mexico, 8-1), Austin Springer (Portland, Oregon, 8-0), Billy Quarantillo (Tampa, Florida, 6-1), Brandon Ricetti (Chico, California, 7-1), Brennan Sevin (Chauvin, Louisiana., 7-1), Chris Gruetzemacher (Peoria, Arizona, 12-1), Jason Soares (Miami, Florida, 8-0), Johnny Nunes (Las Vegas, 5-1), James Jenkins (Long Island, New York, 8-1), Jason Gonzales (Colton, California, 9-2), Julian Erosa (Yakima, Washington, 14-2), Mike Flach (Rancho Cucamonga, California, 7-1), Ryan Hall (Falls Church, Virginia, 4-1), Thankh Le (New Orleans, Louisiana, 4-1), Tim Welch (Glendale, Arizona, 12-5), Tom Gallicchio (Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 19-8).

Team McGregor will feature Artem Lobov (Dublin, Ireland, 11-10-1-1), Abner Lloveras (19-7-1, Barcelona, Spain), David Teymur (Stockholm, Sweden, 3-1), Djamil Chan (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-2), Frantz Frank Slioa (Stockholm, Sweden, 4-0), Marcin Wrzosek (Bydgoszcz, Poland, 10-2), Martin Delaney (Bathgate, Scotland, 10-1), Martin Svensson (Malmo, Sweden, 14-5), Mehdi Baghdad (Toulon, France, 11-3), Mohamed Grabinski (Dusseldorf, Germany, 10-1), Paolo Ber (Holland, 10-1-1), Sascha Sharma (Stuttgart, Germany, 8-2), Saul Rogers (Bolton, England, 10-1), Sean Carter (Essex, England, 10-1), Thibault Gouti (Avignon, France, 10-0) and Vladimir Sikic (Frankfurt, Germany, 10-0).

Maybe getting a new tattoo is becoming a pre-fight ritual.

Conor McGregor added two new tattoos to his collection over the weekend. The UFC interim champion posted a picture of them on Twitter late Sunday night.

I got more ink. pic.twitter.com/p0DsqQ55q5

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) August 31, 2015

A few months before UFC 189, McGregor added a tiger tattoo around his belly button. On Sunday, the Irishman got the words “McGregor” and “Notorious” on top and bottom of the tiger, respectively. McGregor already had a very distinctive chest piece: a baboon with a crown sticking out its tongue.

McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh jokingly tweeted Monday morning that his pupil is banned from getting any more.

You’re banned from getting more ink @TheNotoriousMMA ur making the new sign look old already pic.twitter.com/tLcojhaqJB

— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) August 31, 2015

McGregor will be coaching The Ultimate Fighter 23 opposite Urijah Faber this fall. The reality series premieres Sept. 9 on FOX Sports 1. Then, McGregor will attempt to unify the UFC featherweight title against Jose Aldo at UFC 194 on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas.