All 20 fighters who will be in action at tomorrow’s CBS-televised Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers event in Hoffman Estates, Illinois successfully made weight today for their bouts.

Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko tipped the scale at 232 pounds, while his main event opponent, Brett Rogers, came in 32 pounds heavier at 264 pounds.

Strikeforce’s December 19th is beginning to shape up, fighters already rumored for the event include Robbie Lawler, and Scott Smith. Now joining them is a proposed middleweight match up between Matt Lindland and Ronald “Jacare” Souza, and the promotional debut of Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal against an as yet unknown opponent.

Read about the latest Strikeforce news after the jump, including changes to “Fedor vs. Rogers”, changes to Strikeforce Challengers 5, and more.

Former WEC featherweight and bantamweight contender and recent Strikeforce signee Jeff Curran will make his Strikeforce debut against Sam Theo on the undercard of “Fedor vs. Rogers” on November 7. The CBS-televised event takes place at Hoffman Estates, Illinois near Chicago and is headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers.

Lightweight fighter, Chris Horodecki is expected to sign with the WEC very soon. Jeff Curran has recently signed a contract with Strikeforce. Middleweight Robbie Lawler is expecting a December return to action in Strikeforce.

Details on these stories, and many more in our MMAFrenzy Quick Hits.

Former bantamweight champion Miguel Torres was the top paid fighter at Saturday’s WEC 42 event in Las Vegas, receiving $25,000 after losing his title to Brian Bowles via first-round knockout in the evening’s main event.

Bowles, Leonard Garcia, Shane Roller, and Rani Yahya were also among the top earners for the card, while Bowles, Yahya, Dominick Cruz, and Joesph Benavidez received $10,000 “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances at the event.

Brian Bowles became the new WEC bantamweight champion on Sunday in the main event of WEC 42, knocking out 125-pound title-holder and top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter Miguel Torres in the opening round of the main event at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Dominick Cruz, Danny Castillo, Takeya Mizugaki, and Leonard Garcia were also victorious on the WEC 42 main card.

A bantamweight championship bout between title-holder and top pound-for-pound fighter Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles headlines Sunday’s WEC 42 event at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Follow along after the jump for live results from the 11-bout card, which is currently in progress…

WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles, who meet in the main event of Sunday’s WEC 42 card in Las Vegas, successfully made weight on Saturday for the headliner.

The rest of the 11-bout card also successfully made weight with the exception of lightweight Marcus Hick

World Extreme Cagefighting has released the complete fight card for WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles, which takes place on August 9 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Joining a headlining matchup between bantamweight champ Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles on the Versus-televised main card are Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz, Danny Castillo vs. Ricardo Lamas, Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki.

WEC 42, which is headlined by WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres taking on challenger Brian Bowles, will take place on August 9 at The Joint in Las Vegas, according to NWI.com. The event, which will air live on Versus, takes place just one day after UFC 101 on August 8th in Philadephia.

A bantamweight bout between Takeya Mizugaki and Jeff Curran is likely to take place at WEC 42 in August, according to MMA Fanhouse. WEC 42 is expected to be headlined by bantamweight title-holder Miguel Torres taking on challenger Brian Bowles, with Mizugaki-Curran also being featured on the Versus-broadcast main card.

WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres retained the 135-pound title on Sunday in Chicago, edging challenger Takeya Mizugaki via unanimous decision in the evening's headliner.

WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres, challenger Takeya Mizugaki, and the rest of the ten-bout WEC 40 card tipped the scales Saturday afternoon in Chicago. The event takes place on Sunday at the UIC Pavilion and airs live on Versus.

Injuries have forced two lineup changes for WEC 38 as featherweight Rolando Perez has been tapped to replace Fredson Paixao on the evening’s main card against Jose Aldo and lightweight Ben Henderson will meet Anthony Njokuani in place of Ed Ratcliff on the unaired preliminary card.
WEC 38 “Varner vs. Cerrone” takes place this Sunday at [...]

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 [...]