MMA News and Notes November 3rd (courtesy A1 Wrestling Newsletter)
MMA NOTES-
PRIDE Veteran Henri Miller dropped to 5-9 with a TKO loss to Chang Seob Lee at Heat 12 held in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Miller went 1-4 in PRIDE in 2004.
Jeremy ‘Gumby’ Horn won his official 83rd MMA fight when he submitted Joe Trujillo via Keylock at 2:52 into the first round. The fight took place in Denver, Colorado and Horn has now won 3 straight since his release from the UFC back in January.
A long-rumored bout between Brazilian light heavyweights Luiz Cane (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is now official. The UFC today announced the bout as the fifth and final contest for the main card of UFC 106. Featuring a recently substituted main event of Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin, “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II” takes place Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The main card airs live on pay per view. Nogueira is a 10-time PRIDE veteran, and 10 of his 17 career wins have come via stoppage.
Welterweights Jon Fitch (19-3 MMA, 10-1 UFC) and Mike Pierce (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) have agreed to meet at “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez.” The bout will be on the main card. Pierce is a replacemnet for Thiago Alves who was forced out of the bout with an injury.
UFC veteran Jason ‘The Athlete’ MacDonald will face his sixth former competitor of the Ultimate Fighter show when he faces Season 3 veteran Solomon Hutcherson in a middleweight contest on December 4 at MFC 23: Unstoppable in Canada.
Sources: gerweck.net
EXPO-
There will be an MMA Expo on 1/9 and 1/10 in Philadelphia at the Volley Forge Convention Center with Sean Sherk, Marcelo Garcia and Shonie Carter, Cung Le and Kim Couture.
Source: wrestlingobserver. com, f4wonline.com