Sam Stout pulls out of fight with Dennis Siver due to personal reasons regarding the passing of brother-in-law and coach, Shawn Tompkins. Donald Cerrone will step in and face Siver at UFC 137 on October 29th.
Both Manny Gamburyan and opponent, Diego Nunes pull out of UFC 135. Gamburyan suffered a shoulder injury and Nunes decides not to face another opponent.
Fox planning Primetime Special as it builds November 12th UFC debut card.
Paul Daley books back to back fights. Daley meets former UFC fighters Jordan Radev at BAMMA 7 on September 10th and Luigi Fioravanti at Ringside 12 on October 21st.
Jamie Varner headlines XFC 14 against Nate Jolly.
Andrei Arlovski breaks 4 fight lose streak with win against Tony Lopez at Pro Elite Sunday night in Hawaii.
Chael Sonnen tweeted something ridiculous in regard to Anderson Silva‘s win over his training partner Yushin Okami: “We call Andy ‘champ’ like we call developmentally disabled animals ‘champ.’ Good boy, Andy, good boy!”
Bellator 51 adds Jessica Eye vs. Casey Noland and Frank Caraballo vs. Dustin Kempf to September 24th fight card in Canton, Ohio.