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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC will air two preliminary card bouts from this Saturday's UFC Fight Night 24 event live on Facebook.com, as they announced on Wednesday that the featherweight bout between Mackens Semerzier and Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres and the heavyweight bout between Jon Madsen and Mike Russow will both be streamed live.
Semerzier and Caceres make their UFC debuts on this card, Semerzier from the WEC and Cacares out of his time on The Ultimate Fighter's 12th season. Semerzier made his WEC debut with a shocking submission upset of Wagnney Fabiano, but he dropped three straight fights to end his time in the organization. However, an exciting battle with Cub Swanson in his final WEC outing has gotten him an opportunity in the Octagon.
Caceres was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the season 12 lightweight tournament, but now enters the UFC in the featherweight division. He brings a 4-2 record overall with him into this debut.
Russow returns to action for the first time since a third round come-from-behind knockout win over Todd Duffee at UFC 114 last May. He suffered a broken arm in the fight and has been out of action since.
The undefeated Madsen, meanwhile, enters this fight with a four fight winning streak inside the Octagon, and he's coming off his most convincing and impressive win to date last October when he finished Gilbert Yvel in the first round at UFC 121. It was his first stoppage victory in the UFC after three consecutive decision wins.
This Saturday's card takes place from the KeyArena in Seattle, Wash., and the main card airs live on Spike TV at 10PM ET, headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Phil Davis.
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