Bryan Bowles is injured and unable to face Miguel Torres at UFC 40. Takeya Mizugaki will take his place. Mizugaki is a good fighter but probably not a big threat to Torres.
There is an insane rumour that Strikeforce is trying to sign Fabricio Werdum to fight Kevin Ferguson. That's right, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson.
Werdum can eat Kimbo Slice alive with one arm tied behind his back......That has to be some sort of joke...or theyre trying to put Kimbo out of the sport for good.
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Dream.8 Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Opening Round updated. Mark Hunt, Zelg Galesic, GZ Cavalcante expected to compete on the card, and the WW participants are getting named. Not all are confirmed, some are just rumoured.
WEC 40 card finalized. Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz card almost finalized, three fighters yet to be announced, undercard mostly filled out.
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II is expected to be a PPV event in June (Sacramento). Early word has the PPV going for $39.99.
Aleksandar Emelianenko won't be fighting for WVR. He's been denied a license to fight in Japan. You know he's got to have some serious health issues if they're saying no. And yet he's scheduled to fight an MMA match soon in Russia....gawd.
After being rebuffed/rebutted by Gina Carano (see what I did there?), Strikeforce has found Hitomi Akano to fight Chris Cyborg.
Strikeforce announced Jake Shields will fight Robbie Lawler in a 182lb catchweight bout headlining a card in May.
Shields vs. Riggs has been pulled to make room for this fight, though I don't know why, seeing as how Lawler is still fighting on the card.