Lightweight Josh Neer has been released by the UFC after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau last Saturday at UFC 104, his second-straight loss and third in his last four fights.

Heavyweight Pat Barry, who earned “Fight of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” honors for his second-round knockout of Antoni Hardonk at UFC 104, will be sidelined at least two months to recover from surgery needed to repair a broken thumb suffered in the win. Barry has his sights set on fighting Stefan Struve when he returns to action.

Continue reading after the jump for complete results from Bellator's third event, which took place on Friday in Norman, Oklahoma and featured the opening round of the promotion's middleweight tournament, a welterweight tourney bout, and six non-tournament bouts.

KJ Noons def. Yves Edwards via TKO – Round 1, 0:48
Nick Diaz def. Muhsin Corbbrey via TKO – Round 3, 3:59
Murilo “Ninja” Rua def. Tony Bonello via TKO – Round 1, 3:16
Dave “Pee Wee” Herman def. Ron Waterman via TKO – Round 1, 2:19
Rafael Feijao def. Wayne Cole via TKO – Round 1, 2:47
Bubba McDaniel [...]

KJ Noons (160) vs. Yves Edwards (158.5)
Nick Diaz (169) vs. Muhsin Corbbrey (163.5)
Murilo “Ninja” Rua (184) vs. Tony Bonello (185)
Dave “Pee Wee” Herman (243.5) vs. Ron Waterman (263)
Rafael Feijao (205) vs. Wayne Cole (204)
Kala Hose (186) vs. Bubba McDaniel (184.5)
Chris “Red Bull” Willems (141.5) vs. Mark Oshiro (140.5)
Kaleo Kwan (160) vs. Mike Aina (160)
Lolohea Mahe [...]

One night after it replays the history-making, first-ever primetime mixed martial arts event on network television, SHOWTIME will offer an outstanding card on Saturday, June 14, that will feature EliteXC lightweight champion and former Big Island resident, KJ Noons (6-2) of San Diego, Calif., against rejuvenated Yves Edwards (33-13-1) of Coconut Creek, Fla.
Preceding a main [...]

An EliteXC welterweight title bout between Jake Shields (20-4-1) and Drew Fickett (33-5) scheduled for June 14th in Hawaii has again been postponed, this time due to a knee injury suffered by Fickett.
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw announced the latest setback in a recent interview with MMA Weekly:
“Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and [...]

Cung Le def. Frank Shamrock via TKO (injury) – Round 3, 5:00
Drew Fickett def. Jae Suk Lim via submission – Round 1, 1:14
Gilbert Melendez def. Gabe Lemley via TKO – Round 2, 2:18
Wayne Cole def. Mike Kyle via submission – Round 1, 0:45
Joey Villasenor def. Ryan Jensen via KO – Round 1, 4:45
Billy Evangelista def. [...]

All 18 fighters participating in tomorrow’s Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted event hit the scales earlier today in San Jose at the official weigh-ins for “Shamrock vs. Le”
Though most of the card made weight the event was not without its own share of issues, continuing the show’s string of recent problems. Frank Shamrock, who will be looking to [...]

Some of you may have noticed that Nick Diaz was not listed on the Strikeforce/EliteXC fight card that was posted the other day, and now there is a bit of a story building around that. Originally, it was reported that Diaz was taken off of the card by the CSAC due to “undisclosed reasons”, then [...]

Main Card

Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
Drew Fickett vs. Jae Suk Lim
Gilbert Melendez vs. Gabe Lemley
Mike Kyle vs. Wayne Cole
Joey Villasenor vs. Ryan Jensen

Preliminary Bouts

Marlon Sims vs. Billy Evangelista (swing bout)
Tiki Ghosn vs. Luke Stewart
Darren Uyenoyama vs. Anthony Figueroa
Jesse Jones vs. Jesse Gillespie