Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

Due to some special events at our home in the Mandalay Bay Resort &
Casino in Las Vegas, MMAjunkie.com Radio moves from its regular noon to
2 p.m. ET slot to a special evening time tonight.

With a special primetime start of 9 p.m. ET, it’s only appropriate that
the man known as “Showtime,” WEC 47 winner Javier Vazquez, joins the
program. But Vazquez won’t sport the best nickname of the evening –
that belongs to Rodney Wallace, who fights at UFC 111 and goes by the
moniker of “Sho Nuff the Master.”

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and watch a video stream of the two-hour MMAjunkie.com Radio show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio.

UFC newcomer Darren Elkins (9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) was today confirmed by
the UFC as the final part of “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones.”

Elkins meets veteran Duane “Bang” Ludwig (19-10 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on the evening’s preliminary card.

The 11-bout event takes place March 21 at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield (near Denver), Colo. The main card airs live on Versus.

Video game retailer GameStop announced today that “The Ultimate
Fighter 10” finalist Brendan Schaub (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is the third of
four playable bonus characters in the forthcoming “UFC Undisputed 2010”
title.

Jones joins James McSweeney and Marcus Jones as the three officially
announced bonus characters to date. The remaining character will be
announced on March 16.

Customers can secure access to these bonus characters by pre-ordering
the game with GameStop either in-store or online. According to the
company’s website, “a code and instructions to unlock the GameStop
exclusive fighters will come packaged with your game.”

In a bout first reported by MMAjunkie.com, Rob
Emerson (9-8 MMA, 3-2-1 UFC) meets Nik Lentz (17-3-2 MMA, 1-0-1 UFC) on
the UFC Fight Night 21 preliminary card.

The UFC today announced the matchup, bringing the total number of fights on the card to 11.

Featuring a lightweight matchup between perennial contender Kenny
Florian and Japanese import Takanori Gomi, UFC Fight Night 21 takes
place March 31 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. The main card
airs live on Spike TV and serves as the lead-in for “The Ultimate
Fighter 11” season debut.

With three title fights planned for Strikeforce’s April return to CBS,
the producers of “Strikeforce: Nashville” could run into a real problem.

Properly timing three contests that could each potentially run 25
minutes – or 25 seconds – could leave the promotion with a bit of
downtime to fill.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker recently told MMAjunkie.com that in order to fill the void, the promotion will
likely air a preliminary card fight for the first time.

A lightweight match-up between Matt Wiman (11-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Mac Danzig (19-7-1 MMA, 3-3 UFC) is expected for UFC 115.

Sources close to the bout told MMAjunkie.com on
Tuesday that both fighters have agreed to meet one another and are
expected to put pen to paper soon.

While not yet officially announced, UFC 115 is expected to take place
June 12 at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The night’s main
card airs on pay-per-view.