Long time coming..

So it's been 8 or so months since I've posted. I'm going to try and make this a regular thing from now on.
In the 8, or so, months since the last post GSP has successfully defended the belt (twice), BJ got a stomp-down, Chuck and Hughes have been M.I.A., Spyder has showed us his blaze' side, Fedor surprisingly KO'd Andrie and not so surprisingly demolished Fatty Sylvia, Koppenhaver is officially "War Machine" (and possibly gay?), Burkman has been released, The LHW belt passed hands, The Brazilians are taking over and Kimo Leopoldo put his hat in the ring for CSAC CEO only to be arrested for Meth (and possibly impersonating a P.O). Phew... it's been a long 8 months.

Let's get off and running...
Most recently the WEC has eliminated the welter weight (170#) division and has added Flyweight (125#). All WEC WW's will be moved to the UFC. There are questions of when WEC title holder Carlos Condit will face GSP. Also moving over from the WEC is Chael Sonnen, who has previous UFC experience. Chael will be facing top-ranking Jiu Jitsu expert Demian Maia in UFC 95.

UFC 95 will be aired via tape-delay, from London's O2 Arena, free on SpikeTV Saturday 2/21(Check local listings). Accompanying Maia and Sonnen on the card will be (what I think should be the main event) Nate Marquardt v. Wilson Goveia. Headlining the event is Joe "Daddy" Stevenson v Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez. Making his third appearance in 4 months AKA team member Josh "KOS" Koscheck will be facing Brazil's undefeated B.O.P.E officer Paulo Thiago. As reported via CagePotato.com, Thiago has signed a one-fight-deal with the UFC. I wonder what's the catch.

In non-UFC news: StrikeForce has purchased parts of ProElite. Strikeforce C.E.O., Scott Coker, has been making the media rounds explaining the details (the ones they will release anyways) and future plans. If you're wondering, the CBS and Showtime deals were written into the purchase. A proposed 3 cards on CBS and up to 13 on Showtime should be aired in the next year -if all goes well. An April 11th show has already been announced, it will be broadcast on Showtime from San Jose, CA. The line up (as of now) is as follows courtesy MMAWeekly.com:
Strikeforce, April 11, Main Card Bouts (Bout order not confirmed):

-Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz
-Josh Thomson vs. TBA
-Scott Smith vs. Benji Radach
-Jake Shields vs. Joe Riggs
-Gilbert Melendez vs. TBA
-Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBA

Strikeforce, April 11, Undercard Bouts (Bout order not confirmed):

-Raul Castillo vs. TBA
-Eric Lawson vs. Richard Montoya
-Luke Rockhold vs. TBA
-James Terry vs. Zak Bucia
-Jeremy Tavares vs. TBA-
-Marcus Royster vs. Yohan Banks

Maxim-posing Gina Carano should be on the organization's May card.

I can say I'm glad women's MMA is back and at it on a national stage. I understand it can be less "intense" than the men; however, it's great to see women get out there and show they can bang it out too.

Look for a new post soon!!!

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