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Since the signing of one time heavyweight boxing champ James Toney (0-0) rumors have been swirling about his potential opponent. The one fighter talked about the most was Kimbo Slice (4-1) and we now that he will not be fighting James Toney anytime soon.

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Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (6-1) has publicly called for an immediate rematch versus “Hands of Steel” Scott Smith (16-6) in a video released Monday by Strikeforce.

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Former WEC featherweight “Maverick” Micah Miller (13-3) and former UFC lightweight Michihiro Omigawa  (9-8-1) will matchup in a 145-pound bout at ASTRA’s inaugural event in Tokyo April 25.

American Top Team’s Miller went 2-2 in the WEC in 2007 and 2008, but enters ASTRA with a three fight win streak.  Most recently, Miller submitted “Cheesesteak” Anthony Morrison (15-8) at SHINE Fights 2 in Miami last September.

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Here we are after WEC 47 in Columbus, Ohio and a few things stood out as I watched the event.There were highlight reel knock outs, great submissions and a couple of failures during the evening.

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Featherweight “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung (10-1) has a six-fight deal with the WEC, whose parent company, Zuffa LLC, also owns the UFC.  Sherdog confirmed the signing with Korean Top Team Saturday.

Jung enters the WEC off a triangle choke submission victory over “Jagger Bomb” Matt Jaggers (16-7) at Sengoku Ninth Battle last August.

According to Sherdog, Jung could see WEC action as early as April 24.

Claude Patrick (11-1) has recently signed a four fight contract with the UFC. Patrick announced the news on the “The Fight Show with Mauro Ranallo”.

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In an interview with MMA Weekly Radio, Fighters.com second-ranked middleweight and Strikeforce champion Jake Shields (24-4-1) called former baseball all-star turned fighter Jose Canseco (0-1) “kind of a scumbag”.

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UFC President Dana White has been criticized for the promotion’s all-bases-covered, iron-clad contracts that prevent UFC fighters from fighting in any other promotion.  But, White has an advantage over promotions that don’t follow suit.  When White wants a fight, he gets the fight if the fighters he wants matched up are under contract.

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Strikeforce is doing all it can do in order to push their promotion and as they prepare for the second event on network television they have some fighters looking to make a splash on MTV.

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It was announced that heavyweight boxing champion “Lights Out” James Toney (0-0) has signed a five-fight deal with the UFC. The latest is that the contract is the first ever non-exclusive contract that the UFC has done. The signing of Toney can be looked at as a freak show, a shot to beat Strikeforce to the punch or a vehicle to prove that MMA is greater than boxing but no matter how you view it the important question is what will this do for the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).

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