Former PRIDE lightweight champ "Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi (28-6) and featherweight "Moon Wolf" Rumina Sato (26-12-2) are confirmed in separate bouts for Vale Tudo Japan '09 in Tokyo October 30, Sherdog reported Tuesday. Gomi will try to further his climb back from his first two consecutive loss slide since 2003.  At Shooto Tradition Final in Tokyo last May, he broke the streak with a second round KO of Takashi Nakakura (10-2-1).  According to Sherdog, VTJ '09 promoter Kazuhiro Sakamoto (12-4) hinted that Gomi could face a UFC fighter in October, revealing Sakamoto has contacted Zuffa, LLC, parent company of the UFC and WEC, about exchanging fighters. ...

WEC featherweight “Pequeno” Alexandre Franca Nogueira (13-5-2) tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone after his 1 June fight in Sacramento. The California State Athletic Commission announced Monday that it has fined Nogueira $2500 and will suspend him for one year, through 31 May 2009. Nogueira lost that fight to Jose Aldo (10-1) by second-round TKO. He is a former Shooto Lightweight Champion. ...