“California Kid” Urijah Faber (22-3) signed a multi-fight, multi-year contract to return to Zuffa, LLC.-owned World Extreme Cagefighting, announced WEC general manager Reed Harris on MMA Junkie Radio Monday. ...

Friday in Connecticut, IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson (13-2) blitzed "Hillbilly Heartthrob" Brad Imes (11-5) at the bell to score a TKO in 2:55 and retain his title. "Lion" Ryan Schultz (20-9-1) defended his IFL lightweight title in a five-round unanimous decision "W" over tough Lithuanian Deividas Taurosevicius (9-3). Middleweight Dan Miller (8-1) blew through IFL Middleweight Champion Ryan McGivern (12-6).  At 3:36 of round one, Miller sucked up McGivern's right leg in a kneebar to tap the champ and take his strap. On the undercard at the Mohegan Sun, "Indio" Danillo Villefort (7-2) tapped middleweight Mike Massenzio in a kneebar at 3:25 of round one. Jorge Gurgel-trained lightweight "Pitbull" Josh Souder (7-2) dispatched Zac George (12-3) by TKO in 47 seconds. Middleweight "Suave" Matt Horwich (23-10) won a unanimous decision over "Coyote" Joey Guel (13-6). Welterweight "Doomsday" John Howard (9-3) TKO'd Nick Calandrino (4-1) at 2:24 of round three. Light heavyweight Aaron Stark (6-4) won a unanimous decision over "Philly Bad Ass" Lamont Lister (4-4), fresh off his win at YAMMA Pit Fighting. Lightweight John Franchi (4-0) remained undefeated tapping Frank Latina (4-2) in a rear naked choke at 2:19 of round one. ...

Former UFC lightweight Dan Lauzon tapped his late-replacement opponent, Frank Latina, in a triangle choke at 3:01 of the first round at the World Championship Fighting event in  Wilmington, Massachusetts Friday. Lauzon, 8-2, cranked up after a straight right bent his head backwards.  The fight hit the mat and Lauzon took Latina, 4-1, through a list of submissions before sinking the final technique. Lauzon's fight will be featured in a future episode of "TapouT", an MMA reality show on the Versus network hosted by the founders of the TapouT apparel line. "The Upgrade" Lauzon is noted as the youngest fighter to appear in the UFC at 18-years old in October 2006, losing to Spencer Fisher.  His win versus Latina may have been an audition for a gig in the WEC. Also on the card, Henrique Bicalho tapped Jason Bennett at 2:15 of the first round. Nate Kittredge fell to 2-1 after a disqualification loss to Ronnie Wuest at 1:40 of the first. Welterweight Nuri Shakur ended a four-fight losing strike with a TKO of Travis Lerchen. John Benoit choked out Justin Hammerstrom in a triangle 45-seconds into the second round. Ken Stone improved to 3-0 after 1:46 with winless Daniel Duarte.  Duarte has lost both of his professional MMA fights in a rear naked choke. John Franchi TKO'd Justin Homsey at 40 seconds of the second round to improve to 3-0. Nate LaMotte ended Stephen Stengal's night in 39 seconds. Dan Bonnell evened to 3-3 with a guillotine choke of Mark Giove 2:45 into the fight. Greg Croteau defeated Aaron Chidester by unanimous decision. Larry Kerrigan choked out Lou Czekalski by guillotine at 3:23 of the second round. Jose Lopez notched his first win, a unanimous decision over Sean Ratcliff. UFC President, Bostonian Dan White made a special guest appearance at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium for the second WCF card. ...