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Let me slow this down for you... they book a show for Showtime incase Fedor doesn't fight on that particular card. Once the Fedor fight becomes official, it's moved to CBS.

Scott Coker just announced that Gegard Mousasi, Jake Shields, Mayhem Miller, Cris Cyborg will all be on Fedor-Rogers undercard.

Fedor vs. Brett

Mousasi vs. Whoever they happen to have at 205 because it was honestly Babalu/Mousasi and no one else

Cyborg vs. Marloes Coenen

Jake Shields vs. TBA (Jake was going to fight for interim 185 title, possible Mayhem gets the shot?)

Mayhem vs. TBA

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Right, except for the part where they announced Fedor/Rogers on 11/7 before they announced anything else on 11/7. They did not say they were going to have a show until they announced the main event.

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Right, except for the part where they announced Fedor/Rogers on 11/7 before they announced anything else on 11/7. They did not say they were going to have a show until they announced the main event.

Strikeforce booked an arena for 11/7 about a month ago, and ESPN broke the Fedor/Rogers fight two weeks ago (no bsigned bout agreements so therefore rumor and not official). None of this is new news.

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Scott Coker said that Cung Le has given up the Middleweight title as he has signed on for another movie. He goes on to state that he will check in with Le every six weeks to see what his schedule is like for potential super fights.

“With Cung, every six weeks we’ll be checking back with him,” he continued. “Now that he’s not going to be our title holder, we’ll put him in some big super fights and continue his MMA career, but not have the pressure of defending his belt when he has movie opportunities.”

Jake Shields and Jason Miller will now fight for the Middleweight title instead of what was going to be a interim title on the November 7 CBS show.

So with what Biggz has up there, they will have Fedor/Rogers and three title fights with Mousasi defending against someone, Shields/Miller for the Middleweight title, and Cyborg defending against Coenen and it is only scheduled for two hours. That's going to be interesting if it all fits.

Well, according to an interview with Scott Coker on MMAFanhouse, the Cyborg/Mousasi fights might not even be title fights...

Are Mousasi and Cyborg going to be fighting in five-round title fights?

Not necessarily, no. Cyborg has discussed moving up in weight class and Mousasi can fight at 185 or 205 or 220. We have to work out those details.

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It was jokingly suggested this morning on the sports news that he is looking for a superfight with Brock Lesnar since they're both Vikings alum.

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A couple of potential spoilers, even if the various events have passed.

Looks as if both Trigg and Cro Cop are ready to hang up their gloves...

Monson lost to Rizzo, snapping a seven fight win streak.

Sylvia beat Riley to get back on track - weighing in at a not very svelt 287 pounds, some 23+lbs lighter than the weigh-in against Mercer

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The Trigg part, at least, is from an interview MMAJunkie did with Trigg where they say White said this:

"I think Trigg is one of those guys (like Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic)," White said after the conclusion of the UFC 103 post-fight press conference. "These (other) guys are young and explosive. There's just a whole other level of talent out there, man, and that's the way it works. That's the way this business is."

So, will he give it some thought before terminating the contract?

"I doubt it," White shrugged. "He got smoked tonight."

http://mmajunkie.com/news/16262/with-ufc-planning-to-terminate-his-contract-frank-trigg-says-retirement-is-likely.mma

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All I've heard about Cro Cop was on Observer Radio where they mentioned that after the Kongo fight, Mirko turned to John McCarthy and said something like "I'm getting too old for this"...and speculation that another lackluster fight might convince him to retire.

Fitzy's right on Trigg, though.

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