Eleven fights are now set for World Extreme Cagefighting’s return to Las Vegas, Nevada at WEC 52 on November 11th. The card, which is headlined by a bantamweight bout between former WEC Featherweight Champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Takeya Mizugaki, features a number of the promotion’s top title contenders.
Once-beaten featherweights Josh “The Fluke” Grispi and Erik “New Breed” Koch will square off at 145, while Joseph Benavidez looks to rebound from a second loss to Dominick Cruz when he faces Wagnney Fabiano.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts Jim and Dan Miller will both compete at UFC 124 on December 11th. The New Jersey-based brothers will face Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira and Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen, respectively, as part of the event as the UFC returns to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Two headlining bouts are official for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s New Year’s Day event on January 1, 2011. Frankie “The Answer” Edgar will defend the UFC Lightweight Championship in a rematch with unbeaten top contender Gray “The Bully” Maynard in the night’s main event.
Following Sunday’s “Tenth Ring” event in Tokyo, Japan, a random drawing was held to determine the semi-final matchups in the inaugural Jewels Lightweight (115-Pound) Queen Tournament. The semi-finals and final will both take place at Jewels: “Eleventh Ring” on December 17th.
The 2010 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix kicked off today at Jewels: “Tenth Ring” in Tokyo, Japan, with six fighters advancing on to the tournament final on December 17th. The event was headlined by a 58kg non-tournament bout that saw Miki Morifuji submit Aya “Ariya” Koyama in the first round.
Strikeforce returned to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California tonight with a stacked card at Strikeforce: “Diaz vs Noons 2.” The event was headlined by a long-awaited rematch between champion Nick Diaz and challenger “King” KJ Noons for the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.
After suffering a controversial Split Decision loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 119, Evan Dunham will have an even tougher test in his next fight. As reported this evening on MMA Live on ESPN2, Dunham and former title challenger Kenny “KenFlo” Florian have verbally agreed to square off in early 2011.
A mixed martial arts event scheduled for this Saturday in Macau has been cancelled amidst allegations that the promoter has embezzled nearly $13 million in Hong Kong currency. Damien Roche, the promoter and former Director of the Kontact MMA Training Center in Hong Kong, is in hiding.