MMA Madness

“Relentless” Roger Bowling, the undefeated MMA Big Show Welterweight kingpin, has signed a contract with San Jose-based StrikeForce, one of the top MMA promotions in America. The signing took place during intermission at the “Full Force” event on Saturday, Oct. 24th.

DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix Champion Marius “Whitemare” Zaromskis (13-3) of Lithuania has signed a multi-fight agreement with world championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion StrikeForce.

UFC 106 has gotten a new co-main event. MMA Junkie is reporting that Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson will fight in Las Vegas.

Light heavyweights Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto Machida each made weight and came in under the 205 pound limit. The same cannot be said for welterweight Anthony Johnson and lightweights Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau.

Jon Fitch announced through his Facebook page that a fight that fans wanted to see would be announced soon, when Ricardo Almeida had to pull out due to a knee injury. He wasn’t kidding. Sources have confirmed to MMA Junkie that Fitch will take on Thiago Alves at UFC 107.

Sources have confirmed to MMA Madness that Ricardo Almeida has to pull out of his UFC 106 bout with Jon Fitch, due to a knee injury. The fight was supposed to be Almeida’s UFC debut at welterweight. No replacement has been named for Fitch as of the moment.

Josh Koscheck hasn’t been one to care who he fights or when. Koscheck announced through his Twitter account that he is fighting Mike Pierce at UFN 20 on Jan. 11, 2010.

The Twitter-verse has been awfully quiet without the presence of Frank Trigg, but there was a good reason. Trigg underwent a successful knee surgery, MMA Junkie is reporting. The recovery time is unknown, but Trigg is still targeting an early 2010 fight for a return.

Mike “Joker” Guymon has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC, Guymon announced on “The Underground,” and MMAjunkie.com reported that the deal spans 18 months. There is no debut date or opponent has been determined for the King of the Cage welterweight champion. Guymon enters the UFC with five consecutive wins via stoppage and a 9-1 record since 2004.

Legendary five-time UFC® champion Randy “The Natural” Couture will headline a fight card on Spike TV for the first time on Saturday, November 14 (8:00pm ET/PT same day tape) in the main event of UFC 105. Emanating from the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Couture will square off against highly-regarded veteran Brandon “The Truth” Vera in a bout in the light heavyweight division.