Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem, is likely to return to MMA action soon, against former “The Ultimate Fighter” contestant Sam Hoger in the Japanese promotion Shooto. Overeem was twice schedule to defend his Strikeforce belt over the summer, but a hand injury suffered in a bar fight forced both match ups to be scrapped. He has been absent from MMA, competing only in K-1 since November of 2008. According to a report by InsideFights, Overeem and Hoger have verbally agreed to face one another, though the official bout agreements have yet to be signed.

UFC veterans Sam Hoger and Sean Salmon both earned victories in weekend action.
A cast member on The Ultimate Fighter and a five-time UFC veteran, Hoger dispatched Jason Dolloff via TKO due to strikes in just twelve-seconds in their main event bout at World Championship Fighting 4 on Saturday in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Salmon, a two-fight UFC veteran [...]

Massachusetts-based MMA promotion World Championship Fighting on Tuesday announced the complete fight card for WCF 4, which is headlined by a heavyweight showdown between UFC veteran Sam Hoger and Braden Bice.
WCF 4 takes place on September 19th at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Local up-and-comers John Benoit and Dan Bonnell will also be in action [...]

– 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 [...]