The controversial result of an October 3 matchup between UWC bantamweight champion Mike Easton and challenger Chase Beebe, scored a split decision win for Easton, was upheld this week after a review by the Virginia athletic commission.

Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem and Bellator lightweight title-holder Eddie Alvarez were among the winners on Sunday at DREAM 12 in Osaka, Japan.

Overeem submitted James Thompson with a guillotine choke in under a minute in the DREAM 12 main event, while Alvarez used an arm-triangle choke to defeat Katsunori Kikuno in the second-round of their featured matchup.

All eighteen fighters scheduled to compete at tomorrow’s DREAM 12 event in Osaka, Japan hit the scales earlier today to weigh-in for their bouts. Lightweight Won Sik Park was the long fighter on the card who failed to make weight on their first attempt, with notables Alistair Overeem, James Thompson, Eddie Alvarez, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Chase Beebe all hitting their marks.

The result of an October 3 matchup between UWC bantamweight champion Mike Easton and challenger Chase Beebe, originally a split decision win for Easton, has been changed to a “no decision,” according to Sherdog.

The bout, which headlined UWC 7 this past Saturday at the Partiot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, ended in controversy when Easton was declared the winner despite Beebe clearly winning at least three of the fight’s five round according to most observers.

Mike Easton retained the Ultimate Warrior Challenge bantamweight title on Saturday in the main event of UWC 7: Redemption, topping Chase Beebe in a controversial split decision that capped off the card at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

In the evening’s co-headliner, Pat Runez was crowned the first-ever UWC flyweight champion by edging John Dodson on the judge’s scorecards after an entertaining five-round slugfest.

A bantamweight matchup between WEC veterans Chase Beebe and Yoshiro Maeda has been added to DREAM 12 on October 25 in Osaka, Japan, the promotion announced on Friday.

Contrary to previous reports following his knockout of Forrest Griffin on Saturday at UFC 101, Anderson Silva says he won’t be relinquishing his middleweight title to remain permanently at light heavyweight and will continue to fight in both divisions.

In other news, the UFC will counter-program Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event with a free replay of UFC 100 on Spike TV, Dennis Hallman has signed a four-fight contract to return to the UFC, and more…

Masakazu Iminari, Hiroyuki Takaya, Yoshiro Maeda, Abel Cullum, Joe Warren, and Bibiano Fernandes advanced on Sunday at DREAM 7 into the second-round of the promotion's featherweight tournament. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Shinya Aoki, and Mitsuhiro Ishida picked up non-tournament victories.

PRESS RELEASE; Fairfax, VA — Chase Beebe failed to show for today’s weigh-in and is officially out of Saturday’s UWC – MAN “O” WAR Bantamweight Championship title bout against Mike “The Hulk” Easton at Patriot Center. Beebe has been replaced by H.I.T. (Hughes Intensive Training) Squad’s Justin Robbins for the Main Event’s title [...]

A bantamweight championship bout between Chase Beebe and Mike Easton that was to headline UWC: Man ‘O’ War on Saturday in Fairfax, Virginia is in jeopardy after Beebe recently suffered a knee injury.
Luke Thomas has details on situation at Bloody Elbow:
According to UWC officials, Beebe informed his trainers and management yesterday, February 18th, that [...]

East coast MMA promotion Ultimate Warrior Challenge has announced that Mike Easton will face Chase Beebe for the first-ever UWC bantamweight championship in the main event of UWC: Man “O” War on February 21st at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.
“The UWC has always been committed to delivering the highest quality fights for metro Washington, [...]

Featherweight Jeff Curran (31-9-1) has withdrawn from his planned drop to bantamweight at WEC 37 after suffering a hand injury.
MMA Weekly is reporting that Curran had his hand bandaged at UFC 90 over the weekend and has since confirmed with sources that the injury has knocked him off the card. His planned drop from 145-pounds [...]

In front of a sold out crowd at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber successfully defended his 145-pound title, besting former UFC lighweight champion Jens Pulver in a dominating-yet-exciting unanimous decision victory.
The “California Kid’s” victory highlighted the twelve-bout card which was broadcast on Versus.
Faber dominated from the opening bell, controlling [...]

QUICK RESULTS

Champion Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver via unanimous decision
WEC Featherweight Championship
Champion Miguel Torres def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO – Round 3, 5:00
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Mark Munoz def. Chuck Grigsby via KO – Round 1, 4:15
Rob McCullough def. Kenneth Alexander via split decision
Donald Cerrone def. Danny Castillo via submission – Round 1, 1:30
Mike Brown def. Jeff [...]

Jens Pulver (145) vs. Urijah Faber (144.5)
WEC Featherweight Championship
Yoshiro Maeda (135) vs. Miguel Torres (135)
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Kenneth Alexander (155.5) vs. Rob McCullough (155.5)
Chuck Grigsby (204.5) vs. Mark Munoz (205.5)
Donald Cerrone (155.5) vs. Danny Castillo (155)
Mike Brown (145) vs. Jeff Curran (144.5)
Will Ribeiro (135) vs. Chase Beebe (136)
Jeremy Lang (183.5) vs. Tim McKenzie (184.5)
Luis Sapo [...]