The ultra-successful "ufc Prelims" special, which has served as a lead in to the Pay-Per View portion of UFC bouts, will be returning on Nov. 20, when the organization visits Auburn Hills, Mich. for UFC 123. Headlining the nights festivities will be former light heavyweight champions Quinton Jackson and Lyoto Machida in a non-title bout, with a trilogy between former welterweight champions Matt Hughes and BJ Penn being completed that night, serving as the co-main event of the evening. Prior to these bouts, a pair of middleweights and 170-pound fighters will be in action as part of the Spike TV special, which will have the potential to reach 96.1 million people at home in these United States. ...

Saturday night at Harlow's Casino and Resort in Greenville, Mississippi, Abel Cullum (11-1) submitted "Lion" Ryan Diaz (12-11) in a fifth-round armbar to take the Canadian's King of the Cage 135-pound title. Cullum has stopped his last ten opponents; Diaz is the first of the string to get out of the first round. Lightweight Jarrett Becks (7-6) won a three-round unanimous decision over "No Love" Rich Clementi's (31-12-1) Team Voodoo stablemate JC Pennington (15-5-1). Mississippi middleweight Chris Gates (6-5) TKO'd debuting Will Whilow (0-1) at 1:58 of round two. Mike Perez (3-2) choked out Jason Goodin (1-1) at 2:57 of round one in a rear naked. Rookie Brian White (0-1) debuted forcing a doctor stoppage TKO of Johnny Hughes (2-4) in 2:22 of round one. ...

Two No Contests marred Thursday's King of the Cage Opposing Force card at San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, outside of San Bernardino. The card's main event between welterweight champion "Slam" Aaron Wetherspoon (7-2) and challenger Anthony Lapsley (11-3) was one of the false starts. Top super heavyweight contender "Rhino" Mike Bourke's (8-11-1) match-up versus "King of the Streets" Chance Williams (6-2) never had a chance, also ending in a No Contest. In the match-ups that actually got off, top 205-pound contender "Kryptonite" Tony Lopez (8-2) submitted Joey Beltran (4-2) by Kimura at 3:15 of the first round. Donald Sanchez (11-7) TKO'd William Sriyrapai (10-4) at 3:41 of round two to climb into the lightweight rankings. Lightweight "Dynamite" Gregg Dalton (5-2) exploded on Dave Rivas (8-7-1) for a second round knockout at 3:41. "Insane" Georgi Karakhanyan (5-1-1) won a unanimous decision over "Mando" Armando Sanchez at lightweight. Light heavyweight Ben Fuimaono (2-1) tapped lanky kickboxer Miguel Cosio (1-5) in an armbar at 2:11 of round two. Daniel Hernandez (2-3) scored a first round TKO of Daniel Mancha at 1:10. ...