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.

In the UFC 103 headlining bout between former UFC champions Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort, Belfort made good on his return to the UFC. The Brazilian rocked Franklin with a right, then dropped him with a left before forcing Yves Lavigne to call a stop to the contest with more punches to the downed [...]

Read about the latest MMA news and notes in MMAFrenzy.com’s Quick Hits, including UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre hopes to be “110 percent” healed by October, UFC 103 already setting a gate record for American Airlines Arena in Dallas, and details on Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers possibly taking place in Chicago.

A welterweight matchup between contenders Mike Swick and Martin Kampmann, which MMAFrenzy.com first reported on yesterday, has been verbally agreed upon for UFC 103, according to multiple reports.

Bout agreements are pending to make the bout official for the September 19 pay-per-view event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

On Thursday afternoon news broke that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had passed on a title bout against Lyoto Machida to take on Rashad Evans later this year, likely at the UFC's year-end show in late-December. Now, according to rumors, Machida could meet Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in September in the main event of UFC 103.

Perennial competitor in the Light Heavyweight division, Wanderlei Silva, spoke with MMAWeekly recently and confirmed that he will be looking towards a move to Middleweight.
“Yeah, I could try because every guy in my division have to cut to 205 and my normal is 208. I’m going to test now… I’m going to cut my weight. [...]

MMAFrenzy.com learned this morning that more bouts have been announced for UFC 97: Redemption, which is to take place on April 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The event is to feature headlining bouts between Thales Leites and Middle Weight Champion Anderson Silva, as well as Former Light Heavy Weight Champion Chuck Liddell [...]

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Just earlier we posted that in a new interview, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou stated that he will be competing in a “cage” on “Dec. 29th in Vegas.”  By the process of simple deduction, the only mixed martial arts event scheduled for December 29th in Las Vegas happens to be UFC 79: Nemesis.  Ryoto “Lyoto” Machida was [...]

The UFC’s light heavyweight division may have just gotten a little more interesting. In a new interview with Luis Cruz of HACNews, “The African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou hints that he has signed with the UFC and will be making his UFC debut on December 29, 2007 at UFC 79: Nemesis. At the [...]

Another twist now added to UFC 77. According to Kevin Iole’s Yahoo! Sports article, the winner of the bout taking place in Cincinatti between Tim Sylvia and Brandon Vera will go on to face Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira for the now vacant UFC heavyweight title. Toward the bottom of the article Iole [...]

The UFC will reportedly be returning to Columbus, Ohio on March 1st for an event that would be the third UFC event in Ohio in under a year.
The promotion first ventured into Ohio on March 3rd, 2006 for UFC 68. The event was highlighted by Randy Couture’s successful return to the octagon where he defeated [...]

Fans of David Terrell will be ecstatic to learn that his camp has confirmed his participation at UFC 78: Validation. “The Soul Assassin” is slated to make his return to the Octagon where he will face TUF alumnus and Team Quest member, Ed Herman in a middleweight bout. Terrell has not been in [...]

According to the Portal do Vale Tudo forums, during today’s Amazon Challenge it was announced that Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is the newest addition to the UFC’s middleweight division. “Jacare” is Portuguese for alligator and an alligator he is indeed.
For those who aren’t familiar with Jacare, this guy sports one of the slickest and most [...]

As most of you are aware, Ryo Chonan has signed with the UFC. However those hoping to see Chonan attempt another flying scissor heel hook on Anderson Silva will just simply have to wait.
Sherdog is reporting that Chonan will be moving down to the 170 lb weight division. Chonan is expected to make [...]