Palaszewski looks to get his first WEC win sicne a December 2008 TKO victory over Alex Karalexis; he has since dropped consecutive bouts to WEC fighters Anthony Njokuani and Ricardo Lamas. His most recent win came over Tyler Combs in an XFO event earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Pettis looks to build on his budding WEC career as he earned a victory in his WEC debut at WEC 41; he had been scheduled to fight Rob McCullough at WEC 44 in November, but an injury sidelined him. With this imminent signing, WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff looks like this:
Ever since Gina Carano was soundly defeated by Cris Cyborg during a Strikeforce event back in August, very little has come from her camp. But according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, he doesn’t expect to see her back in the cage until mid-2010.
During Fanhouse MMA’s version of The MMA Hour, Coker stated that Carano isn’t in Strikeforce’s immediate plans, adding:
“It’s pretty clear that we won’t see her until second quarter of next year, and probably late second quarter. Probably towards the summertime. That’s when we’re expecting her back.”
Curently, Carano is involved in a film put put by Steven Soderbergh titled, “Knockout”; filming will commence around early 2010. Regardless of when she returns, Carano expects to be in the title mix as the division she is in (145-lb) has been amped up.
Don’t miss the action as WEC® featherweight champion Mike Brown takes top-ranked contender Jose Aldo Wednesday, Nov. 18 from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV.
The WEC recently released the roster for their event, WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo, which is set to take place on November 18 from The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV; the card will start at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Pacific.
Below is the final fight card for WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo:
Because the original opponent of the bout involving Jeff Curran, Sam Thao, was not approved by the Illinois Athletic Commission, a new opponent had to be found on rather short notice for the fight scheduled to take place at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers. The vent is scheduled to take place on November 7 at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, IL. Curran’s new opponent will now be Dustin Neace.
Curran signed with Strikeforce this month following his release from WEC after suffering four consecutive losses; following this bout, Curran will take on Tomohiko Hori at an XFO event on December 5.
Neace’s most recent bout was on August 29 in Austin, TX as he suffered a TKO loss to Nick Gonzalez. With this slight change in the event, Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers now looks like this:
A pair of newcomers will make their World Victory Road debut as it was announced that Ryota Uozomi will take on Yuichiro Yajima in a bantamweight bout at WVR’s Sengoku 11th Battle, which is scheduled to take place on November 7 from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan and will be broadcast in North America via HDNet.
Uozomi, during his six-year career, has fought for organizations of different sizes, including DEEP and GCM; he will be making his WVR debut with a 6-1 record since 2004. His most recent bout back in August against Ryuko Wada resulted in a no-contest due to an accidental groin kick.
Meanwhile, Yajima, a veteran of ZST and Pancrase, has alternated wins and losses during his last 6 fights; his most recent bout was on October 17, a victory over MMA newcomer Hiroyuki Nakajima via submission. With this addition to the WVR event, the fight card looks like this:
The official weighins for UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera have been set for November 13 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England; the same venue will also host the UFC 105 event, which will air via same-day tape delay on Spike TV.
Along with the main event of Randy Couture and Brandon Vera, the co-main event will feature Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick and will be the organization’s first trip to Manchester since UFC 70 back in April 2007. The final UFC 105 card appears as follows:
MAIN CARD
Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
Matt Brown vs. James Wilks
Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley
PRELIMINARY CARD
Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
John Hathaway vs. Paul Taylor
Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Roli Delgado vs. Andre Winner
You catch the live stream of the UFC 105 weighins live at 11:00 AM Eastern/8:00 AM Pacific on November 13 and can be viewed by clicking here.
In a lot of instances in the UFC, when a big fighter pulls out of a bout and another fighter takes his place on short notice, the organization will take notice and reward them down the road. It looks that this instance has taken place again as because of Brock Lesnar’s illness postponing his bout with Shane Carwin, Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson have agreed to step in and fight in a co-main event at UFC 106.
Not a bad fight for a co-main in light of the circunstances that made this happen. This wouldn’t be the first time Koscheck took a fight on short notice as he did this before at UFC 90 when Diego Sanchez pulled out just before the event. Meanwhile, I hope that Johnson – with this opportunity – learned that you have to make weight, no matter what. I still cannot understand how he managed to come in 6 lbs. over weight in his fight last Saturday.
By the way, with Lesnar-Carwin now taking place at UFC 108, the main event at UFC 106 is Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin. Not a great event, but I’m pretty sure that the UFC has had worse PPV’s in the past.
Although the match is one of 4 bouts yet to be announced, Thiago’s manager, Wallid Ismael has informed Terra magazine of the bout.
Thiago is coming off the first loss of his career as he suffered a decision loss to Jon Fitch at UFC 100 in July; meanwhile, Volkmann is an undefeated newcomer to the UFC, having last fought for Bellator Fighting Championship as he won a fight against Kevin Knabjian back in May.
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