Sheymon Moraes vs. Gabriel Solorio set for WSOF 16

Sheymon Moraes has a new opponent for World Series of Fighting 16 on December 13th in Sacramento as he will meet Gabriel Solorio on the main card broadcast on NBCSN.WSOF 16

WSOF officials announced the change on Saturday following a report by MMA Junkie.

World Series of Fighting 16 will come from the McClellan Conference Center in Sacramento, California and will be headlined by Rousimar Palhares defending the promotions welterweight title against Jon Fitch.

Moraes (6-0) is out of Team Nogueira and he was initially targeted to face Josh Hill on this fight card. In the announcement of the new fight booking, WSOF officials did not state why Hill is no longer in this fight.

Solorio (11-7) made his WSOF debut last year and defeated Shawn Albrecht by unanimous decision. He has won six of his last eight fights and he is coming off a TKO win against Scott Heckman at CFFC 41.

The current WSOF 16: Palhares vs. Fitch fight card is below.

Rousimar Palhares (16-6) vs. Jon Fitch (26-6-1)
Rick Glenn (15-2-1) vs. Lance Palmer (8-1)
Sheymon Moraes (6-0) vs. Gabriel Solorio (11-7)
David Mitchell (15-4) vs. Justin Baesman (15-5-1)
Anthony Avila (12-3) vs. TBD
Martin Sano (4-0) vs. Dominic Waters (6-2)
Matt Wagy (3-3) vs. Benito Lopez (2-0)
Erick Sanchez (1-1) vs. Drey Mitchell (2-2)
Jason Powell (1-1) vs. Chris Avila (1-1)
Joseph Morales (0-0) vs. Christian Espinosa (2-0)
Brandon Waltz (0-0) vs. TBD
Autumn Norton (0-0) vs. Kalyn Schwartz (0-0)