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World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today a multi-year television agreement with Globosat in Brazil. Beginning with a live broadcast of the Nov. 18 card featuring a featherweight title fight between champion Mike Brown and challenger Jose Aldo, Globosat will now carry all WEC events on its Combate Brasil channel.

Dana White told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole that UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was fighting a much more serious disease, not on the level of AIDS or cancer. The Associated Press is reporting that Lesnar is in a Bismarck, N.D. hospital fighting a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract.

The long-rumored merger between the WEC and UFC could happen in early 2010. Reports tell that the UFC is adding new weight classes in 2010, which could be a precursor to a merger.

Aaron Riley has fought professionally 40 times in his career. While this experience could prove invaluable, Riley also knows that opponent Ross Pearson could look to prove a point with a win.

(UPDATED) GracieMag.com posted at 3:18PST that Renzo is denying he will be fighting in January. It states he will be focused on his cousin, Rolles’, UFC debut at that time. Renzo does go on to say, “My relationship with the UFC is excellent. Something will happen.” No confirmation, but it sounds like something, even if it’s not UFC 109, is in the works.

Rumors have circulated the last couple of days that Renzo Gracie will take on Matt Hughes this February at UFC 109. Heavy.com claims that both fighters have been offered the fight, though no contracts have been signed. If the match does come to fruition it would give Renzo the change to avenge his second-cousin, Royce’s, 2006 loss against Hughes at UFC 60.

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Written by Paul Delos Santos
Brett Rogers and Fedor Emelianenko will meet tonight in Chicago as part of Strikeforce’s debut on CBS. Each man has their reasons to win this fight, as it has a lot more riding that just a simple W.

Heavyweight contenders Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira are rumored to take on each other at UFC 108. The fight was first reported by the Web site Tatame and later confirmed by MMA Weekly.

The UFC has had a whirlwind booking process in the last few weeks with so many fighters having to pull out due to injury. The UFC confirmed the latest round of changes to three of its upcoming cards.

The Ultimate Fight Night 20 card is slowly filling out with another potential bout in the works. Sources close to MMA Madness are reporting that fight negotiations between Tim Credeur and Mike Massenzio are in progress for a possible UFN 20 date.