Graciefighter.com shares the news that Stockton bully Nick Diaz and pugilist Karl James (KJ) Noons have verbally agreed to light the fuse for their highly anticipated rematch.  The pair first sunk their teeth into on another in the now defunct EliteXC promotion, where Noons wrested the lightweight (162 pounds) championship belt from from Diaz in 2007.

Diaz came into the bout on an ungodly roll:  after dropping three consecutive razor-thin decision losses to Sanchez, Riggs, and Sherk that resulted in his departure from the UFC, Diaz wore out Ray Steinbess, returned to the Octagon for convincing stoppage wins over Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau, shocked the world by fitting Pride champion Takanori Gomi with a dramatic gogoplata, and edged Hawaiin Mike Aina on the score cards.

Alexey Oleinik is training hard for his fight against Mike Hayes in the Bellator heavyweight tournament.  Oleinik is a talented mixed martial artist from Russia and he trains at K-Dojo in Fairfield, New Jersey, with K-Dojo's founder, Mourat Keshtov aka Master K.  Master K has studied Mike Hayes and he and Oleinik have designed a game plan that incorporates what they've learned. Keshtov is an excellent instructor and one of his students, Bridgette Narcise, was 2009's best female no-gi grappler.

Another Russian MMA fighter out of the K-Dojo camp is Mikhail Malyutin, who takes on Edson Barboza at Ring of Combat 31 on September 24.  Edson is a beast, but Mikhail is very experienced and this should be a great fight.

UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is prepared to once again face BJ Penn.  This time, however, it's Frankie who is the champ, and BJ will have to find a way to get his title back.  Penn was not happy with the decision last time, and will be looking to up the pressure on Edgar.

Edgar knows this of course, and he's training accordingly.  In the following video, he works on strength and conditioning. Check it out.

Team Bombsquad continues to make waves in the MMA world.  Ryan Ciotoli has just opened Ultimate Athletics, a super-sized gym and training facility in Ithaca, New York.  Upstate NY is one of college wrestling's hottest hot spots, and this new facility is sure to attract some of the best wrestlers in the country who want to make the transition to MMA.  It has 2 full size cages and a boxing ring.  This is big.

Here's a video tour of the gym.  If you are in the Ithica area, stop on by and check out the 24,000 square foot facility.  Yes, that's 24 thousand square feet.

James Toney is ready to rumble on Saturday night when he takes on MMA legend Randy Couture.  Nobody is giving Toney much of a chance in there, but everyone acknowledges that his hands are dangerous weapons and if he catches Couture, it's good night Captain America.

Here's Toney's lastest, a UFC 118 video blog. Enjoy.

On Saturday, the UFC will feature former boxing world champion James Toney vs. former UFC champion Randy Couture.  There's a lot of talk about this fight, the hype train has been working overtime.  Most MMA people think Couture is going to make quick work of Toney,  and even many boxers feel the same way.  They know that boxing and MMA are two different sports.  However, there are still some people out there who think Toney will take this.  Toney, for one.  And even Ricky Hatton.

Here's a list of UFC and boxing stars, put together by the UFC, giving their predictions on the fight.

UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis

Prediction: Couture by Decision

“It would be great for a guy like James Toney to build a name for himself in MMA but I’m going to have to go with Couture because of the cage experience that he has. It should be an entertaining fight. I feel like it could go the distance. I’m going to say it will go three rounds and Couture will win 29-28.”

There has been a lot of storylines following King Mo's title loss two nights ago against Black House fighter Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante.  The three most talked about are King Mo being over rated, Mo not being able to keep Feijao down, and of course what is thought to be a banned substance that Mo took in the cage before the fight.  In this exclusive interview with TheGarv's Kalin Johnston, King Mo tells all.