Travis Lutter edged hometown favorite Jason MacDonald on Friday in the main event of MFC 22, earning a unanimous decision win in the matchup of middleweight UFC veterans that capped off the HDNet-televised event at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Canada.

In other notable action, Antonio McKee topped Carlo Prated by unanimous decision in the MFC 22 co-main event, while John Alessio stopped Luigi Fioravanti with strikes in the third round of their featured bout.

Lightweight challenger Carlo Prater missed weight at Thursday’s weigh-ins for MFC 22, weighing in at 158-pounds for his 155-pound championship matchup against Antonio McKee. The bout, which co-headlines Friday’s HDNet-televised event at the River Cree Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is now a three-round, non-title fight.

The rest of the 10-fight card, including headliners Jason MacDonald and Travis Lutter, successfully made weight.

The MFC 22 headlining bout will be match up between two top grapplers, as Jason MacDonald will look to topple Travis Lutter. Also on the card, Antonio McKee will take on Carlo Prater for the MFC lightweight belt, and Luigi Fioravanti will face John Alessio.

Headlining Arena Rumble is a match up between Jason Guida and Jeremy Horn. Other notables in action on the card include Trevor Prangley, Brad Imes, Terry Martin, and Lyle Beerbohm.

Trevor Prangley topped champion Emanuel Newton via unanimous decision in the MFC 21: Hard Knocks main event on Saturday to become the promotion's new light heavyweight champion. Also on the card, Bobby Lashley improved to 3-0 with a 24-second submission of Mike Cook and John Alessio and Marvin Eastman earned victories.

Weigh-ins for ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers 1, Bellator 7, and MFC 21: Hard Knocks took place on Thursday ahead of tonight's fight cards. Complete weigh-in results, which include notables Bobby Lashley, Trevor Prangley, and Billy Evangelista, are available after the jump.

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai needed just 27-seconds to knockout Shinya Aoki on Sunday at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, pinning him in the corner of the ring before unloading a series of knees and punches that forced the referee to halt the DREAM 8 main event.

All twenty DREAM 8 fighters, including headliners Hayato "Mach" Sakurai and Shinya Aoki, successfully made weight today in Japan for their bouts tomorrow at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

DREAM today announced additional bouts for DREAM 8, which takes place on April 5th at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan and features the opening round of the promotion's welterweight grand prix.

Welterweight John Alessio (24-11) will face fellow 170-pounder Paul Daley (18-7-2) on December 5th at Maximum Fighting Championship 19: Long Time Coming at the River Cree Casino in Enoch, Alberta, Canada.
Ryan Ford vs. Pat Healy headlines the event, which will be broadcast on HDNet.
Alessio has won back-to-back fights over Pete Spratt and Gideon Ray and [...]

Rick Roufus, a highly-decorated championship kickboxer, will meet UFC veteran Hector Ramirez in the main event of Saturday’s “Night of Combat 2″at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The nine-bout card, which features a number of Xtreme Couture fighters, was organized on short-notice after Affliction vacated the venue with their recent postponement of “Day [...]

– UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, as well as the fighters’ management, met on Monday in Los Angeles for undisclosed reasons likely relating to a potential future bout between the top heavyweights. [Sherdog]
– In a recent post at MMA.tv Jon Fitch revealed that he hopes to return to the [...]

Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano will return to network television at EliteXC Saturday Night Fights 3 on October 4th at the Bank Atlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The event will be broadcast on CBS. Carano will likely meet Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos at the event, while Kimbo may take on Brett Rogers, though several other [...]

John Alessio has undergone successful surgery on his right arm to repair a broken bone sustained in a bout against Pete Spratt on June 20th, according to The Fight Network.
Despite the injury, Alessio defeated Spratt via second-round rear naked choke at the Banner Promotions’ “Night of Combat” event in Las Vegas.
“I had a plate put [...]

FIGHTER SALARIES

Brian Stann ($18,000) def. Doug Marshall ($10,000)
Chael Sonnen ($34,000) def. Bryan Baker ($5,000)
Marcus Hicks ($10,000) def. Ed Ratcliff ($7,000)
Steve Cantwell ($8,000) def. Tim McKenzie ($6,000)
Hiromitsu Miura ($8,000) def. Blas Avena ($6,000)
Brock Larson ($24,000) def. John Alessio ($15,000)
Richard Crunkilton ($20,000) def. Sergio Gomez ($4,000)
Alex Serdyukov ($12,000) def. Ryan Stonitsch ($3,000)
Kenji Osawa ($5,000) vs. Chris Manuel [...]

Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall via TKO – Round 1, 1:35
Chael Sonnen def. Bryan Baker via unanimous decision
Marcus Hicks def. Ed Ratcliff via submission – Round 1, 1:42
Steve Cantwell def. Tim McKenzie via submission – Round 1, 2:13
Hiromitsu Miura def. Blas Avena via TKO – Round 1, 2:35
Brock Larson def. [...]