Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard, UFC veteran Josh Neer, and Jesse Taylor were among the notable winners in recent MMA action, while other notables, including Jorge Masvidal, Junie Browning, and Jason Day, dropped their most-recent bouts.

Billy Evangelista remained undefeated on Friday in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers 4 in Fresno, California, earning a unanimous decision win over veteran Jorge Gurgel at the Showtime-televised card.

In other main card action, Shane Del Rosario, Luke Rockhold, Merrit Warren, and Thomas Diagne all earned victories.

Overshadowed by Saturday’s CBS-televised “Fedor vs. Rogers” event, Strikeforce tonight hosts Strikeforce Challengers 4: Evangelista vs. Gurgel in Fresno, California. The Showtime-televised card is headlined by undefeated lightweight Billy Evangelista vs. UFC veteran Jorge Gurgel.

UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will undergo elbow surgery after all to remove bone spurs and will be sidelined briefly, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is not retiring following his latest loss and intends to fight at least once more, at a November 7 Strikforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers will take place at the Sears Centre near Chicago.

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Former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug Marshall won his third-straight bout since leaving the WEC and his second in a row at 185-pounds on Friday in the main event of Palace Fighting Championship 13: Validation, defeating Jamie Jara via split decision at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California.