The first DREAM event of 2010 is a week away and Fighting and Entertainment Group, parent company of the promotion, is still filling out the card as they have announced a 135-pound bout between former WEC Bantamweight Championship challenger Yoshiro Maeda and former WEC Bantamweight Champion Cole Escovedo, who will be making his DREAM debut at the event.
Maeda went 0-2 in the WEC and was released by the promotion, leading him to sign with DREAM in Japan, where he has gone 2-1. Maeda defeated Micah Miller in the first round …

Korean Featherweight prospect Chang Sung Jung has signed a new six-fight contract with the WEC to begin plying his trade in a division featuring the likes of Urijah Faber, Mike Brown and Jose Aldo and with the ink still fresh on his newly-signed deal, talk has turned towards who will welcome the “Korean Zombie” to the promotion in his debut bout.
The promotion has tabbed Cub Swanson as the first opponent for Jung, in a bout that will take place on the undercard of the WEC 48 event that is set …

The crew from the Bellator Fighting Championship has been hard at work filling out the roster for their season two tournaments in various weight classes, with every week seemingly bringing a new signing or two by the promotion. Now, with less than a month until tournaments begin, the promotion has called a press conference for Monday afternoon where they are expected to announce the signing of former UFC Lightweight star Roger Huerta to join their 155-pound tournament. News of the potential signing was first reported by MMA Junkie late Sunday.
Huerta, …

Former boxing champion Ray Mercer will make his return to MMA action on April 16th as part of King of the Cage’s next HDNet broadcast from the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI against 5-0 Ron Sparks, with both men making their King of the Cage debuts.
Mercer made his MMA debut back in 2007 in New Jersey against Kimbo Slice in a bout with modified rules that was actually deemed to be an exhibition bout, with Slice winning via a guillotine choke. Mercer followed that loss with his first official professional …

Despite rumors to the contrary that had Strikeforce looking to move their second CBS primetime event in Nashville, TN to April 24th to avoid any counter-programming measures from the UFC, which could possibly include the UFC holding their own event in the state of Tennessee on the same night as Strikeforce’s event, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker shot down those rumors when he spoke to Sherdog about the topic of what went into the choosing of the April 17th date;
“The irony of it all was that even for the WEC, we …

The drug testing that took place as part of UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia, overseen by the NSW Combat Sports Authority, have had their results come back and all eight fighters tested came back negative. The fighters tested included main event participants Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, as well as six other unidentified fighters from the card.
While the UFC usually holds their own drug testing at events held overseas, overseen by former NSAC head Marc Ratner, that was not the case in Australia, where a strong local MMA scene …

The card for the WEC’s first-ever pay-per-view effort, WEC 48 from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, CA, has had another fight added to the mix as the promotion has announced via its Twitter account that Bantamweights Takeya Mizugaki and Rani Yahya have agreed to a bout that will likely take place on the eveninig’s untelevised undercard.
Mizugaki has gone 1-2 in his WEC efforts, but has earned a loyal following of fans for his willingness to stand in and slug with the likes of Miguel Torres, who Mizugaki went five rounds …

Josh Barnett may be unable to fight in the United States after no-showing a California State Athletic Commission appeals hearing last month, but that won’t stop the former UFC and PRIDE star from staying active as Josh Gross of SI.com is reporting that Barnett will compete as part of the DREAM 13 event from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, taking on K-1 kickboxer Siala “Mighty Mo” Siligia.
The bout will be Barnett’s first in over a year as he has not competed since a January 2009 TKO victory over Gilbert …

Many had questioned whether a bout between UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and somewhat unproven challenger Dan Hardy was worthy of getting the special treatment of a three-part UFC Primetime series heading into UFC 111 later this month, but there is no question that it was the right decision as the premiere episode of the mini-series, which aired earlier this week on Spike TV, drew one million viewers and a 1.1 rating.
Those numbers put it as the highest number of viewers for a UFC Countdown or Primetime special and …

The world-famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City will be rocking on March 27th as the venue will host a closed-circuit viewing of the UFC 111 event that will be held on that date at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, featuring a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between defending champ Georges St. Pierre and top challenger Dan Hardy.
Tickets for the event have gone on sale for $25 until the day of the event with tickets at the door costing $30 and on top of viewing the event on …

Former WEC and UFC Middleweight prospect Jake Rosholt’s second fight after being released from the UFC following his UFC 106 loss to Kendall Grove will take place as part of a King of the Cage event on April 16th in Detroit, MI and will pit him against MMA veteran Jeremy Horn according to a Twitter posting from Rosholt announcing the bout.
Rosholt, a four-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State, was considered to be a coup for the WEC when they signed him back in 2008 with a perfect 4-0 record. He …

The WEC is home to some of the most exciting 155-pound fighters in the world and two of them appear to have agreed to hook it up at WEC 49 this June as MMA Junkie is reporting that former IFL standout Chris Horodecki and Ed Ratcliff have verbally agreed to a throwdown for the event, which is likely to take place on June 20th at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, AB.
Horodecki, who fights out of London, ON, would help give the first WEC show to be held in Canada a …

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been known as one of the most charismatic and controversial performers since his days as part of the PRIDE Fighting Championship and he has carried that reputation all the way through his career and into his upcoming bout with Rashad Evans at UFC 114 this May.
After a year that’s seen Jackson take on his first major motion picture role in The A-Team, coach a team through the Ultimate Fighter and retire from MMA  and take shots at the UFC only to take it all back to …