News and notes from around the MMA world …

- I know that this isn’t specifically MMA related, but promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy thinks Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton could do 1.5 million buys. By comparison, last December’s Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz fight drew in the neighborhood of 1 million buys.

- SI.com ranks The TUF lightweights.

- Shonie Carter wants to pay his bills.

- What has Heath Herring been up to lately?

- Ben Saunders says his illness definitely had something to do with him losing to Tommy Speer.

- Greg Jackson thinks that Matt Hughes vs. GSP will be a war.

- There were three drug test failures in California recently (here and here).

Talking Points

This is the calm before the storm. There aren’t any big national shows until next weekend’s The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 Finale, with Clay Guida vs. Roger Huerta on top. And then December becomes a very busy month. WEC puts on their 31st show on 12/12 which features an Urijah Faber title defense. Also, Jens Pulver has his first fight in the WEC at 145 pounds on that show. HDNET Fights has another show on 12/15 and then two weeks after that is the big one, UFC 79, on 12/29.

In Japan, there’s a K1 Dynamite show and M-1 Global show. Both shows are on New Year’s Eve.

Also in December is the huge boxing fight between Ricky Hatton and Money May himself, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Get your rest this weekend, because it’s going to be a busy month.

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Garrett M. Gonzales
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