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Fedor vs. Brett ‘the Grim’ Rogers has officially been slated for the November 7th Strikeforce card which will be broadcast on the Tiffany network from 9-11 p.m. est. This, of course will be Fedor’s first foray in the cage and is a decent first opponent. Brett has heavy power in his hands which makes this a dangerous fight for the “Last Emperor”.

If you like free MMA you can tune in to HDNet tonight (Friday) at 10 pm. EST and watch Adrenaline MMA IV which takes place at the Mid-American Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Co-Main Event
Tim Sylvia (24-6) vs. Jason Riley (6-1)
Houston Alexander (8-4) vs. Sherman Pendergarst (11-14)

Fight Card

Chad Reiner (19-8) vs. Forrest Pets (13-7)
Alonzo Martinez (23-10) vs. Ryan Williams (10-4)
Jeremy Lang (15-1) vs. Matt Delanoit (13-6)
Joe Vedepo (9-2) vs. Webster Farris (1-0)
Jimmy Seipel (1-0) vs. Bob Tuttle (1-0)

For those wondering Houston Alexander is STILL under contract with the UFC, but is being allowed this extra payday. BLAF my heart!

Cung Le has relinquished his Strikeforce Welterweight Belt by request, due to his busy acting schedule. This basically robs MMA fans of some exciting matchups and the pleasure of watching Cung evolve into an MMA fighter. While he will be busy making movies, he has not retired from MMA, so we’ll just have to wait. In the meantime Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller vs. Jake Shields has been announced to find a replacement champion at 185#s.

In the UFC and numbers games, it turns out the first episode  of TUF 10 turned out some big numbers:  4.1 million viewers, the most ever for the series AND any series on Spike TV, smashing the previous record for Season 3’s finale which pulled in 2.8 million viewers. About UFC 103 American Airlines Center GM Dave Brown said at the UFC 103 pre-fight press conference: “It’s the number one sporting gross we’ve ever had and only second behind the Rolling Stones in 2005”. Impressive.

The UFC 103 fight card has been posted with the good news that the undercard will be televised on Spike TV for free! For more info: UFC 103 Fight Card & Results!

BLAF finally squelched the injured/not injured/injured storyline about Anderson Silva. A rumor came out that Anderson’s elbow was injured and he’d be out for the rest of 2009. Silva’s manager Ed Soares said that the rumor simply wasn’t true, and then B said at the UFC 103 pre-fight conference: “Contrary to whatever the hell [Silva] is saying, he’s not 200 percent healthy. He’s having some bone spurs removed from his elbow, which is a simple little procedure that happens, but you’ve got to have recovery time.”

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Gegard Mousasi has suffered a shoulder injury from his grappling exhibition with Fedor at M-1: Breakthrough last month in Kansas City which means he is out of DREAM 11’s October 6th super-hulk tournament and his bout with Thierry Sokodjou. Not that many felt the match was a relevant one or there would have been any other outcome other than Soko’s destruction.

Fedor vs Mousasi Grappling Exhibition

UFC has signed a deal with British channel FIVE for highlights of previous UFC events, and showcase up and coming bouts in a show titled “UFC: Main Event”. The first episode will feature Randy Couture vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and other UFC 102 bouts on Monday, September 14, 2009 at midnight. Hopefully this forces US TV execs to take note, and perhaps we can get even more free MMA!

A bout between Matt Hamill and Jon “Bones” Jones has been agreed to by both, though not officially announced. The bout is expected to take place on TUF 10’s season final on Dec. 5 at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.

Jeremy Horn is “back”! Horn will be facing Clay’s older brother and fighter everyone loves to hate Jason Guida at Arena Rumble in Spokane, WA at Spokane Arena on September 12th. The rest of the card so far:

Jason Guida (17-20) vs. Jeremy Horn (81-19-5)
Trevor Prangley (20-5) vs. Dennis Reed (43-44-1)
Lyle Beerbohm (12-0) vs. Josh Martin (6-3-1)
Brad Imes (12-6) vs. Josh Queen (2-1)
Mike Hanks (2-0) vs. Sidney Silva (7-2)
Justin Grizzard (0-2) vs. Ben McCombs (0-0)
Terry Martin (18-7) vs. Julio Paulino (14-2)

Former World Champion Boxer Ricardo Mayorga has been training with AKA, who has announced that he will be making his MMA debut soon. Nope, not an excerpt from an article by The Onion. True story.

Welterweights Marcus Davis and Ben Saunders have agreed to fight on the UFC 106 card on November 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The rest of the cars so far:

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (Heavyweight Championship Bout)
Mark Coleman vs. Tito Ortiz
Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
Ricardo Almeida vs. Jon Fitch
Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan
Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah

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At UFC FN19, WEC standout Carlos Condit was to face Chris Lytle, but a knee injury snuffed out what would have surely been an epic battle. Replacing Lytle, making his UFC debut will be Jake Ellenberger (21-4). Ellenberger has history in the IFL and most recently Bellator and is currently on a 4 fight win streak. FN19 takes place on Sept. 16th at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City and will be televised live on Spike.

UFC 103 card is not complete and official:

Main Event:
Vitor Belfort vs. Rich Franklin

Main Card:
Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick
Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin

Undercard:
Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
Tomasz Drwal vs. Drew McFedries
Steve Lopez vs. Jim Miller
Nick Lentz vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster
Jason Brilz vs. Eliot Marshall
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rob Emerson

Sadly, Sean Sherk is out of his anticipated bout against Gleison Tibau at UFC 104. Sherk who will be out of training for 4 weeks due to a shoulder injury, will be replaced by Josh Neer, who is coming off a decision win of Kurt Pelligrino at UFC 101. UFC 104 will be headlined by Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on Oct. 24 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

NY Badass Phil Baroni makes his UFC return at UFC 106 against Amir Sadollah at Welterweight. Amir is coming off of a TKO loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC 101 and Baroni has most recently come off a decision loss to Joe Riggs at Strikeforce in June.

UFC 106 takes place Nov. 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas

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1. UFC 104 has been made official and will be taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on October 24th and will be headlined by a first title defense by Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. What a great match-up!
2. Karo Parisyan (18-5) will be taken on Dustin Hazelett (12-4) at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. This is gonna be SWEET. Been waiting for Dustin to return! Already on the card: Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin, Mark Coleman vs. Tito Ortiz, & Ricardo Almeida vs. Jon Fitch.
3. WEC 43 has been moved from September 2nd to October 10th and from Youngstown, OH to a different venue TBD due to an unspecified injury on Ben Henderson’s part. The card will remainintact.
4. Strikeforce announced that 6′ 250# K-1/Kickboxing star Ray Sefo will have his second MMA fight against Kevin Jordan on the SHOWTIME televised portion of the Strikeforce Challengers event at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Spirit Bank Event Center on Friday, Sept. 25. The headline of the event will be Tim Kennedy (10-2) against Zak Cummings (10-0) at 185 pounds.
5. Jason “Mayhem” Miller (22-6) has announced on Twitter that he has agreed to fight Jake Shields (23-4-1) for Strikeforce’s interim middleweight title at an unspecified date. Of course, until Coker makes it official….
6. M1 Global’ “Breakthrough” undercard will stream FREE on Sherdog at 4:30 p.m. PT, 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The main card will air live on HDNet at 10 p.m. ET.

Main Event:
Muhammed Lawal vs. Mark Kerr

Main Card:
Karl Amoussou vs. John Doyle
Lucio Linhares vs. Mikhail Zayats
Rob Broughton vs. Jessie Gibbs
Lloyd Marshbanks vs. Michael Kitta
Ferrid Kheder vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Undercard on Sherdog’s stream:
Rogent Lloret vs. Alexey Oleinik
Eric Marriott vs. Tim Bazer
Sean Wilson vs. Josh Orocho
Rudy Bears vs. Brendan Seguin
Molly Ahlers-Estes vs. Andria Caplan

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