UFC President Dana white hinted at the possibility of the UFC shrinking the Octagon, in a Q&A with Dave Doyle of YahooSports. The reasoning behind it is uncertain, and Dana did not touch on it in the Q&A at all, but I certainly have my reservations.

The previously reported bout between Alistair Overeem and Sam Hoger, slated for an upcoming Shooto event, has been scrapped. Overeem will instead face Tony Sylvster at the Oct. 17 Golden Glory event in Amsterdam.

Recently crowned Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi has confirmed that he will be defending his title on the CBS televised November 7 Strikeforce event, at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The scheduling of the title defense was recently confirmed by Mousasi with m-1global.com, though no opponent has been confirmed.

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Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem, is likely to return to MMA action soon, against former “The Ultimate Fighter” contestant Sam Hoger in the Japanese promotion Shooto. Overeem was twice schedule to defend his Strikeforce belt over the summer, but a hand injury suffered in a bar fight forced both match ups to be scrapped. He has been absent from MMA, competing only in K-1 since November of 2008. According to a report by InsideFights, Overeem and Hoger have verbally agreed to face one another, though the official bout agreements have yet to be signed.

Strikeforce fighter Luke Rockhold has announced via facebook that he will be Jesse Taylor’s unnanounced opponent at the November 6 “Strikeforce Challengers: Evangelista vs. Gurgel” event in Fresno California, which will air on Showtime. This comes just a day after MMAFrenzy.com reported that Taylor would be taking part in the event.

WWE star turned MMA prospect Bobby Lashley is reportedly in talks with Strikeforce to be a part of their upcoming November 7 CBS televised event. Lashley still has two fights left on his contract with Prize Fight Promotions, and was rumored to have a November match-up with Ron Waterman with the promotion. However, MMAFanhouse says they have reason to believe he will be making his Strikeforce debut on the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers headlined event, though no deal has been signed.

Sneak Peek: Is Kimbo Back

On Wednesday, the UFC made three more bouts for the UFC 106 official. The promotion officially announced Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah, Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders and Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos for the preliminary card of the November 21 event to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Headlining UFC 106 will be a heavyweight title bout between two behemoths, champion Brock Lesnar, and challenger Shane Carwin. Also featured on the card is the return of Tito Ortiz who will be facing off against Mark Coleman.

WEC newcomer Mackens Semerzier is stepping in as a short notice replacement for Erik Koch against Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 43 on October 10. The change in the featherweight bout was announced by Semerzier on his facebook page, and was later confirmed by NWI.com

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights contestant, and internet sensation, Kimbo Slice appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night for three segments including a comedy sketch. Slice’s first fight on this season of The Ultimate Fighter will air tomorrow night at 10 pm on Spike TV. He will be facing off against Roy Nelson in potentially the biggest fight in The Ultimate Fighter history. Videos from Slice’s appearance on Late Night are included in the full post.

UFC welterweights Mike Swick and Dan Hardy got rumors swirling yesterday that they may be facing off against one another in the near future, and UFC President Dana White confirmed the matchup on Monday, adding that a title shot against Georges St-Pierre would be on the line in the fight, which is expected to take place at UFC 105.

The Japanese promotional group FEG, which runs the Dream MMA events, has long be suggesting that they had a big surprise in store for their already announced Dream 12 event, which will take place on October 25 in Osaka, Japan. They had already released a short promotional video in which were a few shots of a cage which led some people to believe that would be the surprise. Those people were correct, and Dream has officially confirmed that with a new promotional video for the event (included below).

Yesterday we reported that welterweight Frank Trigg would soon be cut from the UFC following his UFC 103 loss to Josh Koscheck. As it turns out, that will not be the case, and Trigg will indeed get another fight in the UFC.

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