WSOF 10 main card finalized: Branch-Taylor now headlines, Griffin and Huckaba added

The main card is set for next month’s WSOF 10 event, which features a trio of title fights.

The event takes place June 21 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The main card airs on NBC Sports Network following prelims on MMAjunkie.

WSOF officials told MMAjunkie a previously announced title fight between David Branch (13-3) and Jesse Taylor (27-9), who fight for the organization’s inaugural middleweight belt, will serve as the main event. Featherweight champion Georgi Karakhanyan (23-3-1) and Rick Glenn (14-2) co-headline the event.

New additions to the card include lightweights Tyson Griffin (16-7) vs. Luiz Firmino (17-6) and heavyweights Dave Huckaba (21-5) vs. Derrick Mehmen (17-5).

Griffin, a longtime UFC fighter, is 1-1 since his stint with the promotion. He returned from a yearlong layoff to defeat Efrain Escudero at RFA 4 in November 2012, and nearly a year after that, he made his WSOF debut and suffered a TKO loss to Gesias Cavalcante. He now takes on Firmino, a PRIDE vet who’s won four consecutive bouts, which included a WSOF-debut win over Jacob Volkmann in October.

Huckaba, meanwhile, has won four straight and 10 of his past 11. Most recently, he made his WSOF debut and knocked out company president Ray Sefo in August. The 39-year-old takes on Mehmen, who’s defeated Rolles Gracie and Scott Barrett under the WSOF banner to extend his current winning streak to five fights.

The latest WSOF 10 card includes:

• David Branch vs. Jesse Taylor – for inaugural middleweight title
• Champ Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Rick Glenn – for featherweight title
• Champ Jessica Aguilar vs. Emi Fujino – for women’s strawweight title
• Luiz Firmino vs. Tyson Griffin
• Dave Huckaba vs. Derrick Mehmen

For the latest on WSOF 10, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Tyson Griffin)