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Sources close to MMAMadness confirm that Aaron Simpson will possibly be fighting Dan Miller in Oklahoma City Sept 16th on the UFC Fight Night 19 card on Spike TV. Bout has been offered but not yet official.
Simpson confirmed the report via his Facebook Status "Change of plans. I'm fighting Dan Miller in Oklahoma City Sept 16th on spike TV UFC Fight Night 19". Simpson did update his status minutes later, "Sorry. That was not official. Still waiting"
Simpson will be trying to extend his win streak as he is coming off a victory over Tim McKenzie at UFC Fight Night 18.
Miller will be looking to get back into his winning ways after suffering his first UFC loss to Chael Sonnen at UFC 98.
Forced to deal with the cancellation of an outdoor event on June 27 due to inclement weather, the Texas-based organization Shark Fight is making it up to MMA fans in a big way.
The promotion is hosting the aptly named "Shark Fight 5.5: Nothing to Lose" on July 18 in Amarillo, Texas, and is offering free admission to all attendees.
UFC veteran Douglas Evans (6-5) will meet Doug Frey (5-1) in the evening's main event for Shark Fight's vacant featherweight title, while fellow UFC veteran Nissen Osterneck (5-2) is also scheduled to appear.
In celebration of their new line of UFC trading cards, Topps will be selling special limited edition cards at the UFC 100 Fan Expo, Topps posted on their blog.
The special three card set will feature Chuck Liddell, Georges St. Pierre, and Brock Lesnar. The first 75 fans to purchase these cards will also get an autographed UFC Round 1 card of Octagon girl Arianny.
The Topps booth will be a busy one during the expo. Arianny will make an appearence on Saturday, July 11, at 2:15pm with the lucky 75 fans, and announcer Bruce Buffer will stop by Friday, July 10, at 12:00pm to sign autographs and take pictures.
Topps will also be distributing sample packs of their new trading cards, 2009 Topps UFC.
The UFC 100 Fan Expo will take place July 10 and 11 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
At the start of the 2009 "M-1 Challenge Presented by Affliction" season, USA West's playoff fortunes were hardly a lock due to being placed in a loaded Group B that includes South Korea, Brazil, and the defending '08 M-1 Challenge Champions, Fedor Emelianenko's Team Imperial.
But thanks to a deep roster, USA West is currently 2-0 and just one win away from clinching a semifinal berth. With a win in Saturday's best-of-five series vs. Imperial, USA West can claim its first-ever Group title.
The 15-bout event will emanate from the Olympic Hall in Seoul and will be available live on Internet PPV courtesy of www.M-1Global.com starting at 5 p.m. (local Seoul time). Additional team matchups include Finland vs. Bulgaria and host country South Korea vs. Brazil Naja with every bout being finalized after all 30 fighters made weight Friday morning at the Lotte World Hotel.
Complete weigh-in results are available below:
Bulgaria vs. Finland -
1. Lightweight (-70 kg/154 lbs.) - Yanko Yanev (BUL - 69.1 kg/152.02 lbs.) vs. Niko Puhakka (FIN - 69.9 kg/153.78 lbs.) 2. Welterweight (-76 kg/167.2 lbs.) - Ivan Ivanov (BUL - 75.75 kg/151.5 lbs.) vs. Janne Tulirinta (FIN - 75.9 kg/166.98 lbs.) 3. Middleweight (-84 kg/184.8 lbs.) - Rosen Dmitirov (BUL - 83.65 kg/184.03 lbs.) vs. Mikko Suvanto (FIN - 83.65 kg/184.03 lbs.) 4. Light Heavyweight (-93 kg/204.6 lbs.) - Emil Samoilov (BUL - 92 kg/202.4 lbs.) vs. Marcus Vanttinen (FIN - 92.7 kg/203.95 lbs.) 5. Heavyweight (+93 kg/+ 204.6 lbs.) - Nikola Dipchkov (BUL - 95.6 kg/210.32 lbs.) vs. Toni Valtonen (FIN - 100.3 kg/220.66 lbs.)
During a recent interview, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson revealed that he will face Rashad Evans in his hometown of Mephis, TN, for UFC 107, GroundNPound.com reported.
Marc Ratner confirmed that UFC 107 will take place in Tennessee in early December, but would not confirm that Evans and Jackson would be on the card.
Kimbo Slice fans can mark their calenders. The Ultimate Fighter 10 will debut on Spike TV on September 16, GroundNPound.com reported.
Coaches Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will coach a cast of 16 heavyweights, including Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, Roy Nelson, and Wes Sims.
The full list of contestants, from GroundNPound.com, are as follows:
o Tim Blackledge o Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson o Zak Jensen o Marcus Jones o Scott Junk o Jon Madsen o Matt Mitrione o Roy Nelson o Brendan Schaub o Darril Schoonover o Wes Shivers o Wes Sims o Abe Wagner o Mike Wessel o Justin Wren o Jim York
Adding to the list of festivities occurring at the UFC 100 Fan Expo, the UFC and Maxim will announce a new Octagon Girl, CageToday.com reported.
Attendees of the two day expo will be able to vote on the next ring girl, and the announcement will be made Saturday, June 11, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Fans looking to participate in the voting will need to preregister at Maxim.com. Participants must be 18 years old or older.
Joe Soto sees big things happening for him in the future. He's only 22 and has already claimed the Bellator featherweight championship after winning its inaugural tournament, and boasts a perfect professional record (7-0).
The only thing that has stopped him, though, is his eyes.
Soto fought the entire Bellator tournament with fogged vision, after his eyes over-healed from Lasik eye surgery and developed some scar tissue.
He wasn't blind like the Marvel superhero Daredevil and didn't have sonar vision, but he did concede it wasn't the greatest experience in the world.
Multiple sites, including MMAJunkie, MMAWeekly and Sherdog, are reporting that Javier Vasquez and LC Davis will fight on the HDNet portion of the Affliction: Triology cards.
The story was first reported by Sherdog.
Vasquez (13-2) is coming off of a debacle at the "Ultimate Chaos" card, when his fight with Din Thomas was a late scratch for multiple reasons.
Davis (13-2) lost in his last fight in Japan, after embarking on a four-fight win streak.
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