Author: MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff]

Showtime Sports again offers its “Strikeforce: All Access” option for this weekend’s event broadcast.

The online interactive experience, which complements Saturday’s Showtime broadcast of “Strikeforce: Miami,” allows computer users to toggle among five live cameras with full pause and rewind capabilities.

The service, available worldwide at $24.95 per event, also allows uses access to “CageCam,” a small and high-quality camera worn by the referee that takes viewers inside the cage during the fights.

The main card appears set for the March 26 Strikeforce Challengers event following today’s unveiling of five matchups.

The event takes place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., and the night’s main card airs on Showtime.

And while Strikeforce veterans such as Luke Stewart, Miesha Tate and Justin Wilcox are slotted for the card, so, too, is Lavar Johnson, a shooting victim who was clinging to life just seven months ago.

With DREAM.13 officially announced for March 22, the Japanese-based promotion today unveiled plans for the rest of the 2010 DREAM schedule, which includes a possible event in South Korea and a traditional New Year Eve’s show.

Although an official date has been set only for DREAM.13, DREAM officials expect additional events in April, May, July, September, October and December.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported in December, the organization is also expected to host a light-heavyweight tournament with former DREAM middleweight title-holder Gegard Mousasi.

William Romero might have taken even longer to start his professional MMA career if several organizations hadn’t teamed for an open Canadian tryout.

That was a couple years ago, when about 300 guys met at an Ontario gym to work out and spar in front of scouts looking for new talent. Romero, though, might have been prepared more than any of them.

The 27-year-old had spent part of his childhood in Ecuador, started tae kwon do training at 9, and followed it up with work in judo before a three-year stint as an infantry soldier and paratrooper in the Canadian Forces. Soon came a pro MMA career and his spot in the upcoming Bellator season-two featherweight tourney.

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show WEC 47 headliner Dominick Cruz, who looks to dethrone WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles during a March 6 event in Ohio.

Also joining the show is fast-rising Strikeforce fighter Zoila Frausto, who puts her undefeated record on the line next week at the latest Tachi Palace Fights event.

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The events schedule for next week’s “UFC 109: Relentless” show in Las Vegas is set, and a number of fan friendly events are available.

UFC 109 takes place Feb. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view.

Prior to the fighter weigh-ins on Feb. 5, Brandon Vera hosts a UFC Fight Club Q&A session, and Josh Koscheck, Jon Jones and Renzo Gracie sign autographs.