The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added a new event for October to accommodate its recent fight announcements and two bouts have been verbally agreed to for the card. UFC Live 6 will feature a welterweight bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Charlie “Spaniard” Brenneman.

Also announced for the new event was a lightweight rematch between Matt Wiman and Mac Danzig. The pair’s first meeting ended in controversy when referee Yves Lavigne prematurely stopped the contest while Danzig was stuck in a guillotine choke. He now has a chance to avenge the loss.

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Final WEC Lightweight Champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis will have a chance to bounce back from the second loss of his career when he faces hard-hitting striker Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens at UFC 136 on October 8th in Houston, Texas. The 155-pound matchup was announced today.

Pettis suffered a setback in his UFC debut early last month, as he dropped a decision to Clay “The Carpenter” Guida in the main event of the TUF 13 Finale. Prior to that, he had racked up four straight wins. Stephens has won four of his last five bouts, with the lone defeat coming via Split Decision.

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Veteran journeyman Hideo Tokoro picked up one of the biggest victories of his career tonight at DREAM: “Fight For Japan” at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. Tokoro defeated submission ace Masakazu “Ashikan Judan” Imanari to win the inaugural DREAM Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix.

In other action on the card, Hiroyuki “Streetfight Bancho” Takaya narrowly retained his DREAM Featherweight Championship with a razor-thin Split Decision win over Kazuyuki Miyata. DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi quickly defeated Hiroshi Izumi.

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Shark Fights returned to HDNet tonight for Shark Fights 17 from the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. The card was headlined by a middleweight rematch between Matt “Suave” Horwich and Jake Rosholt. The two first faced off in November, where Horwich picked up a third-round victory.

The co-main event featured another fighter dubbed “Suave,” as former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez squared off with Doug Williams in a 230-pound catchweight fight. Williams took the fight on less than one day’s notice. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s main card.

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The rapidly-expanding UFC 136 card has received a second title fight, as UFC Featherweight Champion José “Scarface” Aldo will defend his belt against Kenny “KenFlo” Florian on the October 8th card in Houston, Texas. The promotion officially announced the championship matchup today.

Aldo, the former WEC Featherweight Champion, made the first defence of his new UFC title at UFC 129 in April, where he earned a largely one-sided Unanimous Decision over Mark “The Machine” Hominick. Florian, a two-time lightweight title challenger, won his featherweight debut last month.

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A women’s bout between strikers Elaina “Beef” Maxwell and Kaitlin Young will have to wait. Originally set to take place under PRIDE rules for Colosseo Championship Fighting in Alberta, Canada, the fight has been cancelled due to a scheduling change that left Maxwell unable to compete on the card.

Maxwell and Young had agreed to face off for the promotion, but Maxwell and her management were not notified when CCF changed the date for its event to September 3rd. With another fight already signed for September 10th, Maxwell is out of the bout with Young, who awaits a new opponent.

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The UFC fight announcements keep on coming. Lightweights Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon and Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard have agreed to face off in the latest addition to UFC 136 on October 8th in Houston, Texas. Lauzon announced the fight today and it was later acknowledged by the UFC.

Lauzon dropped two of his three fights in 2010, but he recently scored an impressive first-round submission victory over Curt “The War” Warburton at UFC Live 4 on June 26th. Guillard, meanwhile, is edging closer and closer to title contention with each fight and has won eight of his last nine bouts.

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UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie “The Answer” Edgar will indeed face Gray “The Bully” Maynard for a third time. The bout, which was originally planned for UFC 130, will now take place at UFC 136 on October 8th in Houston, Texas. MMAFighting.com first reported on the fight today.

Edgar suffered his first and only loss to date in the first bout with Maynard back at UFC Fight Night 13 in 2008 and looked to be seconds away from defeat in the January 1st rematch this year. However, he battled back and managed to win enough rounds to earn a Draw on the judges’ scorecards.

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