News and notes from around the MMA world …

- Check out the my live report of the Strikeforce show from San Jose last weekend.

- Matt Serra is out of his December title defense against Matt Hughes because of injury.

- The Ultimate Fighter Season Finale card is starting to shape up.

- SI.com has an article about pay in MMA today.

- How should takedowns be judged?

- Urijah Faber goes on a cross country press tour for the WEC.

- Strikeforce leaves for Seattle to run their first non-California card.

- The IFL Grand Prix finals will air on HDNet.

Talking Points

Well, the one fight that the UFC has done the most perfect job at building up, is now off. According to several sites, Matt Serra suffered a herniated disc in his lower back and can’t train for the fight, which was scheduled for December 29th in Las Vegas. The build up has been tremendous. It’s been the focus of the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter, one in which Matt Serra has become one of the greatest smack talkers of all time. Before the season started, I’d read that Matt Hughes was the biggest heel of all time. But so far, though ten episodes, it’s actually Serra who is cocky and rightfully so, because his team has been so dominating.

Even though Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva is the main event, I’m not sure that there weren’t nearly as many folks who wanted to see Serra vs. Hughes settle their grudge even more. It’s going to be a big detriment to the card itself, which was shaping up to be the biggest card of the year.

We’ll have to be patient for more information to come out to see when the fight will be rescheduled, or if White does anything to change the match. I sure hope not. I want to see these guys get it on.

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Garrett M. Gonzales
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