News and notes from around the MMA world …

- We have a write-up about WEC 32 from earlier this week.

- Mark Cuban and HDNET Fights are now involved with the Randy Couture and the UFC war.

- Who else is possibly getting into the MMA game?

- Ricco Rodriguez thinks that Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbott are tomato cans.

- Leonard Garcia wants Urijah Faber.

- Matt Lindland says that the UFC won’t offer him a new deal.

Talking Points

Tomorrow night is the big EXC show with Tank Abbott and Kimbo Slice in the main event. When you look at this show, versus the WEC show from earlier this week, you see the difference between the two companies. With EXC, you have a slobberknocker of a main event, but not one that is going to show off the arts part of the name Mixed Martial Arts. These guys are going to swing until one of them can’t swing anymore. With the WEC you had some very technical matches at lighter weights. Tomorrow night, the semi-main event is a second heavyweight bout between Ricco Rodriguez and Antonio Silva being the semi-main event. The WEC focuses on the smaller weights, including ones that other promotions don’t feature like 135 and 145 pound weight divisions. The two promotions are both different enough to where they don’t cancel each other out in my opinion. I thoroughly enjoyed the WEC show on Wednesday, and I imagine I’ll enjoy the EXC show for different reasons.

EXC is really banking on Kimbo Slice and this is another opportunity for him show people that he’s the real deal. He’s going to have his hands full, for at least some of the first round. Tank’s strategy is usually to come out swinging for the knockout and then tire out completely if he doesn’t get it. I’d imagine that will happen tomorrow. Scott Smith, a former UFC fighter, also makes his EXC debut.

Here’s the card.

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