The Ultimate Fighter 6 winner Mac Danzig will look to build off his recent victory when he takes on fellow lightweight Matt Wiman on June 12 at UFC 115 in Vancouver. Danzig snapped a three-fight losing streak with a win over Justin Buchholz in February, while Wiman recovered from back-to-back losses with a December victory over Shane Nelson.
A welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago is in the works for UFC 115, as the 170-pound contenders have reportedly agreed to fight at the June 12 event in Vancouver.
Kampmann earned a win over Jacob Volkmann in January, but was recently sidelined by a cut, while Thiago defeated Mike Swick in February for his second-straight win.
A previously-reported matchup between middleweight sluggers Alessio Sakara and James Irvin has been promoted to complete the four-fight main card for "UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones", the UFC's Versus debut which takes place on March 21 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Undefeated WBO NABO cruiserweight champion BJ Flores is likely to become the latest boxer to make the jump to mixed martial arts, agreeing to a non-exclusive, multi-fight contract with upstart Shine Fights after fielding offers from several promotions. Flores is likely to debut in June or July and could fight at light heayweight or middleweight.
A recently-reported event expected to be headlined by former UFC champion Tim Sylvia vs. five-time "World's Strongest Man" Mariusz Pudzianowski, originally scheduled for April 23, has been postponed until May 21 to resolve a television conflict. The card will still take place at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts near Boston and will likely feature Houston Alexander vs. Seth Petruzelli, Yves Edwards, and Rich Clementi.
Strikeforce and M-1 Global are close to finalizing a revised co-promotion deal that will clear the way for the return of top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko to Strikeforce this summer. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed that a June event, headlined by Emelianenko vs. fellow contender Fabricio Werdum, was possible.
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le is likely to return to action in Strikeforce soon and is hoping for a rematch with Scott Smith, who scored a come-from-behind knockout in December to hand Le his first career loss:
Rumors that Kimbo Slice could be pulled from UFC 113 to headline UFC Fight Night 22, a likely April 17 event on Spike TV opposite Strikeforce's return to CBS, were dismissed today, as an expected matchup with fellow Ultimate Fighter 10 castmember Matt Mitrone was officially announced for the May 8 pay-per-view event in Montreal.
Lightweight Toby Imada, the runner-up in Bellator's inaugural 155-pound tournament who earned near-unanimous "Submission of the Year" honors for his inverted triangle choke of Jorge Masvidal in the tourney semifinals, will return to the promotion to participate in its upcoming, season two lightweight tournament.