• Former EliteXC lightweight champ KJ Noons will return to MMA in 2009, likely with Strikeforce.
• Dana White is featured on the cover of the first-ever UFC magazine.
• Former UFC fighter Lee Murray, who was accused of a record $92 million robbery in 2006 in the UK, was released from a Moroccan prison on Wednesday only to be re-arrested on Thursday to be tried under Moroccan law at the request of British authorities.
• According to rumors, Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans are likely to headline UFC 107 on December 19 in Las Vegas. Main events aren’t yet rumored for Fight Night 19 (September 16 – Oklahoma City),  UFC 105 (November 14 – Manchester, England), UFC 106 (November 21 – Las Vegas), or The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale (December 5 – Las Vegas).
• A possible headliner for one of the upcoming events is Chuck Liddell, with rumors swirling in recent days that the former UFC light heavyweight champ won’t retire and will instead return for at least one more bout, with Rich Franklin mentioned as a possible opponent.
• WEC and PFC lightweight veteran Poppies Martinez has signed  with Strikeforce and will make his debut at the promotion’s August 15 event featuring Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg.
• Perhaps in an attempt to dismiss rumors fueled by Diego Sanchez’s recent interview that he could pull out of his August 8 lightweight bout with Kenny Florian, BJ Penn’s latest video blog is brief, simply showing the UFC lightweight champ stepping on a scale and weight in at slim 166.8 pounds ahead of the 155-pound bout.
• In a recent interview with Knuckled Up, WEC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone, who has just one fight remaining on his current contract, says that a move to the UFC is possible and that he wants to fight Cole Miller.
• With his broken hand now healed, Houston Alexander is working on his ground game with veteran Jeremy Horn in preparation for a fall UFC return.
• Following the recent demise of Setanta, the UFC’s new television partner in the UK could be ESPN.
• Early UFC fighters Mikey Burnett and Pat Miletich could rematch at a to-be-announced Strikeforce event in Oklahoma.
• Weigh-ins for UFC 100 will take place at 7pm ET on Friday July 10 and will air live on MMAFrenzy.com.
• Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Choi Mu Bae and Clay French vs. Eiji Mitsuoka have been added to the card for Sengoku Ninth Battle, which takes place on August 2 in Saitama, Japan.
• Hopes to have MMA regulated in New York before year-end have been dashed after the 2009 legislative session ended earlier this week before a decision was made on the bill.
• Aleksander Emelianenko will take on Blagoi Invanov, the 2008 Combat Sambo champion who defeated his brother Fedor en-route to the title, at a September 29 event in South Korea.
• In an appearance on HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” Cyrille Diabate, who appeared as the Team US striking coach on the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, says he expects to make his UFC debut this year.
• Lyoto Machida, Randy Couture, and Fedor Emelianenko are some of the fighters who could be featured in EA’s mixed martial arts video game.
• The UFC will return to Germany in early-2010, with an event scheduled for April in Oberhausen.
• PRIDE veteran Ricardo Arona will resume his career on September 12 in Brazil.
• The UFC awarded TUF 9 coaches Dan Hendersona and Michael Bisping new Land Rovers.
• Wanderlei Silva, who lost a close decision to Rich Franklin earlier this month at UFC 99, wants to fight twice more before the end of 2009.

[Pictured: Chuck Liddell]

ShoXC “Suganuma vs. Hamman 2″ takes place at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California on Friday, August 15th. The event’s main card will be aired live on Showtime beginning at 11pm ET.

Photos from the weigh-ins are after the jump…

In a rematch of a fight that demanded one, promising, once-beaten light heavyweights Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) of Hilo, Hawaii, and Jared Hamman (10-1) of San Bernardino, Calif., will clash in the main event on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series Friday, Aug. 15, live on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) at Table Mountain Casino at Friant, Calif.

Suganuma handed Hamman his lone loss in a controversial fight that lasted all of 15 seconds in the main event last April 5 at the Table Mountain Casino on ShoXC.

ShoXC, an EliteXC presentation that pits developing fighters in tough match ups, is a springboard for the future stars and champions of EliteXC. ShoXC is patterned after the popular SHOWTIME boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation.

Tickets, priced at $50 (General Admission), $60 (Reserved), $70 (Gold) and $80 (VIP), are available at the Main Casino Cage at Table Mountain Casino. They also can be purchased online at www.tmcasino.com/tickets.html. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. First live fight is at 5:30 p.m. PT.

In other SHOWTIME fights, Fabricio “Morango” Camoes (10-4) of San Diego meets Sam “The Squeeze” Morgan (19-10) of St. Paul, Minn., at 160 pounds; Muay Thai striking specialist Cyrille “The Snake” Diabate (14-6-1) of France will make his EliteXC debut against ShoXC veteran Jaime Fletcher (9-3) of San Bernardino, Calif., at 205 pounds; and for the first time ever, EliteXC will showcase a title fight from one its sister organizations, King of the Cage, when KOTC middleweight champion Keith “KO Kid’’ Berry (7-2) of Las Vegas by way of Murrieta, Calif., takes on Ray Lizama (5-5) of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Also on SHOWTIME, EliteXC will introduce a new women’s weight class (130 pounds) when one of the few true pioneers of women’s mixed martial arts, Debi Purcell (4-1) of Laguna Hills, Calif., faces Cage Warriors champion Rosi Sexton (8-1) of Manchester, England.

Non-televised bouts: Promising, exciting Melanie LaCroix (1-0) of Los Angeles vs. Katrina Alendale (0-2) of San Francisco at 140 pounds; Ralph Lopez (3-0) of Fresno, Calif., vs. Roberto Vargas (2-0) of San Bernardino at 150 pounds; Josh Rave (8-4) of Fresno vs. Jesse Brock (6-3) of Sacramento at 140 pounds; Mike Moreno (3-2) of Fresno vs. Lucas Gumaza (2-0) of Stockton, Calif., at 170 pounds; and Marcus Levesser (5-2) of Fresno vs. Josh McDonald (3-3) of San Francisco at 160 pounds.

The SHOWTIME and non-televised fights are scheduled for three, 5-minute rounds with the exception of Purcell-Sexton and LaCroix-Alendale, which are slated for three, 3-minute rounds. Fans can watch pre- and post-fight interviews only at ProElite.com. Fighter pages are below.

Suganuma had landed a nasty overhand right, followed by a flying knee combination that rocked and floored Hamman. But a moment before he could pounce and land what potentially might have been the finishing blow, or blows, he was pulled off by the referee and declared a TKO winner.

The generally gentleman-like Hamman was lived afterward. “I don’t know what happened or why it was stopped,’’ he said. “I wasn’t hurt and felt completely fine. I wanted to keep fighting. I felt I could keep fighting. I don’t make excuses. I absolutely want a rematch if he wants to give me one.’’

Suganuma was quick to oblige. “Nobody likes to win by controversial decision,’’ he said. “I thought I had him dazed but I don’t think he was completely out. I was a little surprised the ref did what he did but only because I wanted to hit Hamman again. If he wants to fight again, let’s do it. I’m down.”

Hamman has won all 10 of his MMA fights by stoppage – eight by TKO and two by submission. A college football coach at the University of Redlands (Calif.) and former football star at California Atascadero High, Hamman has yet to have a fight enter the third round.

Suganuma majored in computer science in college. After moving to Japan in late 2004, where he worked as a singer, ukulele player and English teacher, Suganuma became interested in wrestling.

An avid weight-lifter, he won a grappling competition and, then, after a month of training, made his MMA debut. He won his first five before losing a fight stopped due to cuts in August 2006. Suganuma returned shortly thereafter to Hilo, his hometown, to train with BJ Penn. He has gone 4-0 since.

The winner of the Suganuma-Hamman rematch could wind up fighting Rafael Feijao, who has looked like a one-man wrecking crew since joining EliteXC.

Camoes, who has won five in a row, was sensational in his EliteXC and United States debut last April 5 at Table Mountain Casino. A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu making his first start since Oct. 7, 2006, he scored a scintillating 3:30, first-round TKO (strikes) over Joe Camacho on ShoXC.

“I didn’t think it would end that fast,’’ said the talented Camoes, who once went 27 minutes with Anderson Silva before losing. “I’m very happy. I wanted to give a spectacular showing. I came to the U.S. to fight for the belt. I look forward to fighting anybody that will get me closer to achieving my goal.’’

Morgan has made a career of re-inventing himself. Fans’ jaws dropped when he stopped Duane Ludwig in the first round in April 2005, and now he’ll try to regain his winning ways after losing his last pair to world-class Paul “Semtex” Daley and Cung Le in January 2008 and November 2007, respectively.

A hard-trying former welterweight and competitor on “The Ultimate Fighter 2,” Morgan won the first two minutes against Daley before losing by first-round TKO and he showed great heart against Le and caught and rocked Le, the Strikeforce champion, a few times before losing by third-round TKO.

“I’ll be ready,’’ said Morgan, who got into MMA “to help vent some off my life issues. I just kept doing it. I want to fight all the top name guys. I’m not scared of any of them. I still feel I’m getting better all the time. Every fight for me is all or nothing. This will be a very good and interesting fight. ’’

Purcell, who’s as responsible as anybody for helping put woman’s MMA on the map, and the talented Sexton recently signed multi-fight deals with EliteXC.

They join a group of EliteXC female fighters that includes, among others, Gina Carano, Cris Cyborg, Tonya Evinger, Shayna Baszler, Julie Kedzie, Kaitlin Young and LaCroix.

Long regarded as one of the world’s toughest women and one of a few to hold a black belt in Ruas Vale Tudo, Purcell has trained in fitness and MMA for more than 20 years, with competitive experience also in submission grappling, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics.

Purcell was the first woman to compete and win in King of the Cage, headlined the first-ever all female NHB card in the U.S., owns a win in Hook N Shoot, was an Ultimate Wrestler world title belt-holder and was the first and only female coach in the International Fight League (IFL).

On the recent popularity surge of women’s MMA, Purcell said, “It’s awesome. I’ve been telling promoters for years what women could bring to the sport. I’ve always thought that if you brought in skilled women and put them on a fight card, it would bring in the fans. We come to fight, always give everything we have and it’s always exciting. You never see a boring women’s fight.’’

The founder of fightergirls.com, Purcell will be making her first start since dropping a decision to Hitomi Akano at a Smackgirl event in Japan on Feb. 15, 2006.

Sexton, one of the most courted women in the game before signing with EliteXC, is fighting for the first time since scoring a second-round submission (armbar) over Julia Berezikova on Aug. 24, 2007.

“It’s great to be involved with an international promotion of the caliber of EliteXC,” said Sexton, a submission ace who owns notable victories over Carina Damm and Tomomi “Windy Tomomi” Sunaba. “EliteXC has a very promising female division. I’m looking forward to fighting some of the top ones.’’

The much-admired Brit, a full-time mother and an osteopathy student, is keen to avenge the sole blemish on her record, a loss to Carano. “I would love a rematch with Gina,’’ Sexton said, “but the weight would be an issue. My management tells me I’m too small to be fighting at 140 pounds.’’

Since her debut in 2002, Sexton has become a stalwart of the British scene. One of a few, popular mainstays in women’s game, she has earned international acclaim for her sprightly performances.

Diabate has won five of six, including a 1:15, first-round submission (armbar) over Ryan Robinson in his most recent outing on April 21, 2007. The Frenchman was supposed to make his U.S. debut in late December 2007, but broke an ankle during training. This is his first fight back.

“It was the first time I’ve had to pull out of a fight,’’ said Diabate, whose only loss since July 2005 came to Mauricio “Shogun’’ Rua. “I was doing light sparring with takedown defense. One of my sparring partners did a takedown, trapping one of my legs at the same time. It was completely a fluke accident.’’

Fletcher will be making his third start in a row on ShoXC, where he 1-1. He earned an upset three-round unanimous decision over Aaron Rosa on March 21, 2008. In his outing before last, a fighter with decent submission abilities on the ground got submitted (armbar) by Giva Santana on Oct. 26, 2007.

Berry, 20, captured the KOTC middleweight belt at the age of 19 with a 2:05, first-round submission (triangle choke) over Sean Loeffler on Aug. 5, 2007. In his last outing, Berry, a former light heavy, submitted Omar Luv (strikes) on Dec. 2, 2007.

Lizama will be making his second ShoXC start. In his debut on Aug. 25, 2007, he came up on the wrong end of a close three-round decision to Chicago’s Hector Urbina in a tactical match in which both fighters gave their best.

“I like to fight guys who stand up in bang. That’s my game. I want knockouts,’’ Lizama said. “But with this guy, I had to concentrate more on defense. I thought the decision could have gone either way, but I can’t complain. When you leave it in the hands of hands of the judges, anything can happen.”

SHOWTIME announcer Mauro Ranallo will call the play-by-play for ShoXC with Stephen Quadros, The Fight Professor, serving as color analyst. The executive producer of ShoXC is David Dinkins, Jr. with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.

Five Ounces of Pain reported the postponement on Friday, adding that EliteXC officials are likely looking to re-schedule the event.

The rumored fight card included EliteXC newcomer Cyrille Diabate taking on Jaime Fletcher, a King of the Cage middleweight championship bout pitting champion Keith Berry against challenger Reggie Orr, and the EliteXC debut of Hector Lombard.

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest EliteXC news.

• Rob Yundt will take on Alessio Sakara at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale.
• At UFC 87 Heath Herring will fill in for an injured Mark Coleman and take on Brock Lesnar, Clay Guida will face Mac Danzig, Jason MacDonald takes on Demian Maia, and Manny Gamburyan will be in action against an opponent to be announced.
• Adrenaline MMA has inked a deal with HDNet to air the promotion’s first three events on the network.
• Jeremy Lang has replaced Eric Schambari against Tim McKenzie and Danny Castillo has replaced Richard Crunkilton against Donald Cerrone on the WEC 34 fight card, which is takes place on June 1st.
• Ryan Ford will take on UFC veteran Drew Fickett at MFC 17 for the promotion’s vacant welterweight championship.
• DREAM has announced the official pairings for the second round of the promtion’s middleweight tournament. The matchups are Kazushi Sakuraba versus Melvin Manhoef, Jason “Mayhem” Miller versus Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Gegard Mousasi versus Dong Sik Yoon, and Zelg Galesic versus Taiei Kin.
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueria will fight Vernon White at Affliction’s debut event, “Banned”, on July 19th.
• ESPN The Magazine featuring Kimbo Slice on the cover is on newstands now.
• EliteXC President Gary Shaw revealed this week that the promotion is likely going to introduce a heavyweight title in 2008.
• MMA veteran Matt Lindland won the Republican primary for the Oregon House of Representatives by a 14-point margin and will not take on Democratic nominee Suzanne VanOrman in the November 4th general election.
• EliteXC will stage a ShoXC event in San Diego, California on June 27th. Hector Lombard will make his debut with the promotion at the event, Cyrille Diabate will face Jamie Fletcher in a main card bout, and King of the Cage middleweight champion Keith Berry will look to defend his title against Reggie Orr.
• UFC 88 will take place on September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.