Lightweight Josh Neer has been released by the UFC after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau last Saturday at UFC 104, his second-straight loss and third in his last four fights.

Heavyweight Pat Barry, who earned “Fight of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” honors for his second-round knockout of Antoni Hardonk at UFC 104, will be sidelined at least two months to recover from surgery needed to repair a broken thumb suffered in the win. Barry has his sights set on fighting Stefan Struve when he returns to action.

Strikeforce today announced that Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth will put his 205-pound title on the line against Renato “Babalu” Sobral in the main event of Strikeforce “Destruction” at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on November 21st.
“Babalu’s a tough fighter. He matches up well with anybody because he’s strong in every area,” [...]

Spike TV and the UFC have reunited top members of the original cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” for a marathon of the inaugural season of the UFC reality series.
A series of clips featuring TUF 1 cast members UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, Chris Leben, Stephan Bonnar, Josh Koscheck, Nate Quarry, Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez, [...]

A potentially torn ACL and meniscus will prevent Strikeforce Light Heavyweight (205 lb. limit) Champion Bobby Southworth from being able to defend his crown against Renato “Babalu” Sobral (30-7) at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, September 20th. Replacing the ailing Southworth in the fight with Sobral will be Anthony [...]

Former UFC light heavyweight challenger Renato “Babalu” Sobrall will take on Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth at Strikeforce at the Mansion 2 on September 20th, according to MMA Junkie.
According to the report Strikeforce lightweight champ Josh Thomson and Billy Evangelista will also be in action at the event, though opponents have not yet been [...]

Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]

Strikeforce 10 “Melendez vs. Thomson” took place on Friday, June 27th, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
The event featured a Strikeforce lightweight championship bout between title-holder Gilbert Melendez and challenger Josh Thomson and a Strikeforce light heavyweight championship fight between reigning-champion Bobby Southworth and challenger Anthony Ruiz.
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Gilbert Melendez (155) vs. Josh Thomson (155)
Strikeforce Lightweight Championship
Bobby Southworth (204.5) vs. Anthony Ruiz (203)
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Elaina Maxwell (146) vs. Miesha Tate (145)
Raymond Daniels (184) vs. Jeremiah Metcalf (185)
Chris Cariaso (135.5) vs. Anthony Figueroa (135)
Nam Phan (154) vs. Billy Evangelista (155)
Jesse Gillespie (186) vs. Eric Lawson (185)
Bobby Stack (155) vs. Jose Palacios (155)
Brian Caraway [...]

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STRIKEFORCE “MELENDEZ VS. THOMSON” BETTING ODDS

Gilbert Melendez (-500) vs. Josh Thomson (+350)
Bobby Southworth (-260) vs. Anthony Ruiz (+200)
Nam Phan (-140) vs. Billy Evangelista (+110)
Elaina Maxwell (-330) vs. Miesha Tate (+260)
Luke Stewart (NA) vs. Drew Fickett (NA)

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Bobby Southworth will defend his Strikeforce light heavyweight title at the recently-announced Strikeforce 10 event on June 27th in San Jose, California.
Southworth (8-5) was a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 1″, defeating Lodune Sincaid in the opening round of the competition before losing to Stephan Bonner in the second round of the reality series. [...]