Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

It didn’t take long for Claude Patrick (11-1) to take that next step in his career.

The Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based welterweight recently signed a
four-fight deal with the UFC and is expected to make his octagon debut
four provinces west in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Patrick today shared news of the signing with “The Fight Show with
Mauro Ranallo,” and MMAjunkie.com has since learned
from sources close to the promotion that while an opponent has not yet
been determined, the Canadian is expected to compete on the
as-yet-unannounced UFC 115 event.

MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan is a guest on today’s edition of “The Fight Show with Mauro Ranallo.”

Morgan and Ranallo discuss the latest UFC counter-programming rumors as
well as preview the most anticipated bouts of this weekend’s “WEC 47:
Bowles vs. Cruz” event, including the main event between bantamweight
champ Brian Bowles and top contender Dominick Cruz.

Catch the segment at 4:10 p.m. ET (1:10 p.m. PT) on Hardcore Sports Radio,
which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 98 or online at HardcoreSportsRadio.com

Mike Swick (14-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) can’t straighten his left arm, much less train or fight.

The UFC welterweight spoke to MMAjunkie.com on
Friday after rumors surfaced of his participation in an
as-yet-unannounced UFC event planned for Spike TV on April 17, the same
date on which Strikeforce is slated to hold their second CBS-televised
fight card.

Swick said the UFC offered a fight with Matt Serra (10-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC) on the quickly
developing card through his management, but he had to turn it down due
to his arm.

Bobby “King” Green (13-3) got his start fighting in backyards with no thought of YouTube stardom.

Green sized up who he wanted to fight that day and put socks on his
hands to protect them while 100 or so acquaintances milled about. Then,
it was go time.

“I just tried to entertain the crowd,” Green recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio.

Sengoku, DEEP and Pancrase vet Chan Sung Jung (10-1) is likely heading to the WEC.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that “The Korean Zombie” is currently in negotiations
with the WEC and is expected to sign a deal shortly.

WEC officials declined to comment on the situation when contacted by
MMAjunkie.com, and the promotion has yet to make an official
announcement.

As Strikeforce continues to prepare for its second event on network
television with April’s “Strikeforce: Nashville” card, the company’s
athletes are taking to a different set of airwaves to help hype the promotion.

Strikeforce fighters Lavar Johnson, Jason Miller, Scott Smith and Josh
Thomson will be featured in the next two, all-new episodes of MTV2’s
“Rock N Jock Countdown,” a show that mixes popular athletes with a
music video countdown.

The first episode airs Saturday at 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT), while the second episode airs in the same timeslot on March 13.