The fight card for Monday’s DREAM 13 event is now officially complete, as an expected matchup between heavyweights Josh Barnett and Siala “Mighty Mo” Siligla was announced earlier today for the March 22 card.

DREAM 13 also features featherweight champ Bibiano Fernandes vs. Joachim Hansen, Yoshiro Maeda vs. Cole Escovedo, and the return of K.J. Noons vs. Andre “Dida” Amada.

Former middleweight champion Rich Franklin, who moved up to light heavyweight in 2008, recently spoke to The Boston Herald about his likely matchup with Randy Couture, a run at the 205-pound title, and how much longer he plans on fighting.

Rampant rumors and reports over the last week have cast doubt on whether The Ultimate Fighter 11 coaches Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell would fight for a third time following the conclusion of the season, which debuts on March 31.

However, Ortiz spoke to SI.com’s Josh Gross on Thursday to deny that he was injured and forced to leave TUF 11, and maintained that he’s still scheduled to face Liddell later this year, barring an injury to either of the former light heavyweight champions.

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Former IFL middleweight champion Ryan McGivern has signed with Bellator and will compete in it’s upcoming, season two 185-pound tournament, the promotion today announced.

McGivern joins Bryan Baker, Jared Hess, Sean Loeffler, Matt Major and Eric Schambari in the middleweight tournament, which gets underway when Bellator’s second season kicks off on April 8.

Former light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans are finally set to settle their rivalry, as The Ultimate Fighter 10 coaches will square off in the main event of UFC 114 on May 29 in Las Vegas, the UFC today announced.

An injury has forced Damacio Page to withdraw from next month’s WEC 48, but fellow bantamweight Scott Jorgensen has agreed to replace Page and rematch Banuelos on the main card of World Extreme Cagefighting’s pay-per-view debut on April 24 in Sacramento, the promotion today announced.

Gegard Mousasi, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, and Rameau Theirry Sokoudjou will participate in DREAM’s upcoming light heavyweight grand prix tournament, which begins at DREAM 15, while welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis will return to action at the May 30 event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

All six fighters scheduled to be in action at Strikeforce’s CBS-televised event on April 17 in Nashville took part in an open workout on Wednesday in Hollywood, California.

The open workout featured middleweight champion Jake Shields and challenger Dan Henderson, who meet in the “Nashville” headliner, as well as lightweight title-holder Gilbert Melendez, Shinya Aoki, light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi, and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.

Below are quotes and photos from the open workout are after the jump…

The fight card for “UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2″ is nearly complete, as a middleweight bout between Nick Catone and John Salter has been booked for the preliminary card of the May 8 event in Montreal, Canada.

UFC 113 is headlined by a rematch between light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and also features Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley and Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione.

EA Sports today released a gameplay trailer for its anticipated “EA Sports MMA” video game, which is slated to be released. Featuring Strikeforce as its premiere promotion, “EA Sports MMA” is set to be released later this year and will include Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz, former middleweight title-holder Cung Le, and heavyweight prospect Bobby Lashley, who are all featured in the latest trailer, which is available after the jump…

Bellator today finalized the roster for its upcoming, season two lightweight tournament with the addition of Pat Curran, the cousin of former WEC featherweight and bantamweight contender Jeff Curran, who also recently signed with the upstart promotion.

The 155-pound tournament, which also includes UFC veteran Roger Huerta, begins at Bellator’s second season debut on April 8. Opening round matchups are slated to be announced in the coming days.

Following conflicting reports that their upcoming matchup may be off, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, who serve as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 11, both recently confirmed on Twitter that the bout is still on. Liddell-Ortiz was expected to headline UFC 115 on June 12 in Vancouver, but Ortiz was recently hospitalized with a “bad flu” and it’s not yet known if the illness could delay the matchup.

Bellator today announced that it has reached a deal with Everlast to be the promotion’s exclusive equipment provider, with the company also producing co-branded equipment with the promotion and serving as a sponsor of all Bellator events, including it’s anticipated upcoming second season, which kicks off on April 8 and airs live on Fox Sports Net.