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.

A lightweight matchup between UFC veteran Jorge Gurgel and undefeated prospect Billy Evangelista will headline a November 6 “Strikeforce Challengers” event, which airs live on Showtime from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

More Strikeforce news, including the release of heavyweight Paul Buentello, the signings of Brian Travers and Antwain Britt, the debut of Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier, and updates on Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller, are after the jump…

A plea deal by Jeff Monson on charges of painting graffiti on the Washington Capital could force him to withdraw from several scheduled fight abroad, while a trio of bouts has been added to the lineup for the September 2 WEC 43 event in Youngstown, Ohio.

Details on these stories and the latest MMA news and notes in MMAFrenzy.com’s latest quick hits…

Middleweights Joey Villasenor and Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, who meet in the headliner of Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers event at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, successfully made weight on Thursday along with the event’s 20 other fighters, including Tim Kennedy, Nick Thompson, Jorge Gurgel, Shayna Baszler, and Sarah Kaufman.

Strikeforce has finalized the card for it’s next event, a “Strikeforce Challengers” set for June 19 in Kent, Washington. Headlining will be “Smokin” Joey Villasenor taking on Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos in a middleweight bout, with possible future title implications.

Strikeforce on Tuesday announced the second installment of ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers, which is set to take place on June 19th at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington. The event, which will is be broadcast live on Showtime, will be headlined bya middleweight matchup between Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (16-12) and Joey Villasenor (26-6).

The UFC has awarded Aaron Riley, Jorge Gurgel, Dustin Hazelett, and Jeremy Stephens with $60,000 bonuses for their performances on Saturday at UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar in Las Vegas.
Riley and Gurgel took home “Fight of the Night” honors for their standup brawl that saw Riley unanimously edge Gurgel 29-28 on the judge’s score cards.
Hazelett [...]

Preliminary steroid and drug tests on six fighters scheduled to compete on November 15th at UFC 91 in Las Vegas have all come back negative, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.
Tested by the NSAC were Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, Nick Catone, Amir Sadollah, Aaron Riley and Jorge Gurgel.
Traditionally, random fighters are [...]

Lightweights Jorge Gurgel (12-4) and Aaron Riley (24-10-1) will square off at UFC 91 "Couture vs. Lesnar" on November 15th in Las Vegas, according to MMA Junkie .
After earning "Fight of the Night" honors for his unanimous decision win over Diego Saraiva at UFC 73 last July, Gurgel, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official medial suspensions for UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin” directly from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Topping the list of medical suspensions is former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who was defeated by Forrest Griffin in the night’s main event, who is suspended until January 2nd unless his knee, tibia, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, July 5th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, drew an official attendance of 11,172 for a live gate of $3.2 million.
Main event winner Forrest [...]

Forrest Griffin def. Quinton Jackson (c) via unanimous decision
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Patrick Cote def. Ricardo Almeida via split decision
Joe Stevenson def. Gleison Tibau via submission – Round 2, 2:57
Josh Koscheck def. Chris Lytle via unanimous decision
Tyson Griffin def. Marcus Aurelio via unanimous decision
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Justin McCully via submission – Round 1, 1:57
Cole Miller def. [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”. After appearing as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 7, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson takes on challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin for the 205-pound title in the UFC 86 main event.
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida, Joe Stevenson [...]

Quinton Jackson (205) vs. Forrest Griffin (205)
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Ricardo Almeida (185) vs. Patrick Cote (185)
Chris Lytle (170) vs. Josh Koscheck (170)
Marcus Aurelio (155) vs. Tyson Griffin (155)
Gleison Tibau (156) vs. Joe Stevenson (155)
Justin McCully (236) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (249)
Cole Miller (155) vs. Jorge Gurgel (155)
Dennis Siver (155) Melvin Guillard (155)
Justin Buchholz (155) vs. Corey [...]