Daily News & Rumors

Waterman and Lashley had been scheduled to lock horns at Prize Fight Promotions' third event in Denver, CO on Oct. 3, but the fight has since been postponed, likely due to current negotiations with Strikeforce, who is said to be close to securing the fight for an upcoming event. (5 Knuckles)

Strikeforce would like to book the fight for its upcoming CBS debut on Nov. 7 in order to capitalize on Lashley's vast mainstream appeal, but negotiations have crawled away and may not be completed in time to accommodate the fast approaching event - in which case the fight would likely be pushed back to late December or January. (5 Knuckles)

“Varner, he’s my wake-up,” Cerrone said on the MMAWeekly.com Radio Monday. “I wake up every morning and use Varner as getting ready to fight, because I know I get to fight him after this fight.” (MMA Weekly)

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he finished him in under two minutes,” Marquardt told Fighters Only recently. “The more I analyse the fight, I think its such a good fight for Shane. He is better on his feet, he is better on the ground, he hits harder." (Fighters Only)


Affliction and Sengoku veteran L.C. Davis will square off with unbeaten featherweight prospect Diego Nunes in a key 145-pound scrap at WEC 44 “Brown vs. Aldo” on Nov. 18 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Half a dozen of the show’s fights have now been announced by World Extreme Cagefighting officials. (Sherdog)

As expected newly crowned Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) will, in fact, defend his belt at Strikeforce's Nov. 7 event, which airs on CBS. (MMA Junkie)

Strikeforce executive Mike Afromowitz recently told MMAjunkie.com that the organization hoped to secure Mousasi for the card but that nothing was official. The M-1global.com article suggests possible opponents for Mousasi include Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (who easily defeated Bob Sapp at DREAM.11 on Tuesday) and former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho, who's openly campaigned for the fight. (MMA Junkie)

“I wanna fight the best, even because for what they pay me they won’t put me against anybody. I wanna fight every time better, fight the best, teach my training method, help the Brazilians that need to come to the US. I wanna create champions”, said Wanderlei, revealing the desire of becoming a coach in the future. “I’m very happy that I can teach my students the philosophy of victory that I received from my master Rudimar all my life”. (Tatame)

In his first bout since a comeback fight at "Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields" earlier this year, former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman (17-13) is expected to fight undefeated Stanislav Nedkov (7-0) at World Victory Road's Sengoku 11th Battle event. (MMA Junkie)

"I'm not setting anything in stone at all, but I'm feeling great. I get more comfortable in there every time out," said the younger Couture. "I'm hoping if all goes well and I keep progressing that sometime mid-next year I'll be making that transition to pro." (MMA Weekly)

Tate is planning on moving from her hometown of Tacoma to Northern California soon to train at the American Kickboxing Academy, Cung Le's Universal Strength Headquarters and Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness gym. Her boyfriend, Bryan Caraway, who also picked up a victory on Saturday's CageSport MMA card, will be moving with her, as well. (Fan House)

But Aoki, whose stand-up is weak and who doesn’t face fighters who are stronger wrestlers and do more extensive weight-cutting, doesn’t appear to have the all-around game at the level of the top UFC lightweights, even with his rep as the most exciting submission fighter in the game. (Yahoo! Sports)

“Anderson is a bit bruised, I think he will have surgery on his elbow,” Machida told Tatame Magazine. Anderson is apparently set to meet Vitor Belfort at UFC 108 in January, so he would need to have surgery soon if he wanted to be ready for that date. (Fighters Only)