Matt Brown replaces injured Pascal Krauss to face John Hathaway at UFC 138.
Former Strikeforce Director of Communications, Mike Aframowitz explains in a detailed interview the purchase of Strikeforce by Zuffa, the catch 22 of signing Fedor Emelianenko and the Jason “Mayhem” Miler–Jake Shields–Gilbert Melendez–Diaz Bros brawl that brought down the promotion.
UFC 133 announces medical suspensions with Forrest Griffin, Stanislav Nedkov, Raphael Assuncao and Ian Loveland getting 180 days.
UFN 25 has two competitors pull out. Welterweight, DaMarques Johnson will no longer face Clay Harvision. Seth Baczynski will take Johnson’s place. Featherweight, Mackens Semerzier also withdrew from his fight against Mike Lullo with no replacement yet set. UFN 25 takes place in New Orleans on September 17th.
Lester Caslow vs. James “Binky” Jones set for Bellator 49 on September 10th.
Eddie Yagin vs. Junior Assuncao booked for UFC 135 on September 24th.
Dana White and pro-wrestler Kurt Angle are in disagreement over Angle’s claims he almost signed with the UFC but at the time they underpaid their fighters in comparison with the WWE. White simply responded to the claims via Twitter: “love Kurt, but not true.”