UFC 78 Card Updated

In light of Hector Lombard being unable to secure his visa (why the UFC would sign a guy who wouldn't be able to make it into the U.S. still baffles me) Karo Parisyan will now be facing former Pride star Ryo Chonan in what should be an exciting a welterweight contest. Also added to the card is another exciting fight at 170 lbs. between Chris "Lights Out" Lytle and Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves, who was originally scheduled to fight Chonan.

Here's the latest:

Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
Karo Parisyan vs. Ryo Chonan
Frank Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher
Ed Herman vs. Dave Terrell

Chris Lytle vs. Thiago Alves
Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt
Tamdan McCrory vs. Akihiro Gono
Marcus Aurelio vs. Luke Caudillo

Looks cool to me...

Morning Droppings

- An official press release from GracieFighter.com has announced a fight between Jake Shields and undefeated former IFL welterweight Antonio McKee, as well as the MMA debut of Mia St. John and Leland Chapman (Dog the Bounty Hunter’s son) on October 19 in San Francisco. Also expected to be on the card are Jeff Monson, Vernon White, Kimo Leopoldo, James Thompson, Dan Severn, and Krazy Horse Bennett.

- Doug Evans’ camp has said that an injury to Evans caused them to decline the October 20 fight with Jorge Gurgel as part of UFC 77. No official announcement has been made by the UFC about Gurgel's opponent

- After winning his UFL match last night, welterweight Chris Lytle announced that he had the chance to headline next month’s Spike TV UFC event but instead opted to fight for the UFL last night in his home town of Indianapolis, citing that the UFC event was not a pay-per-view event.

Morning Droppings

- My man Nick Diaz has signed a deal with Elite XC, and he's already begun chirping about a fight with Frank Shamrock. "I watched his last fight, and no disrespect intended, but I think I would whoop his ass," Diaz said. I love it.

- Travis Lutter will be making his octagon return against UFC newcomer Ryan Jensen at UFC 74, MMAWeekly.com reports. The middleweight division needs help.

- The Joe "Daddy" Stevenson/Kurt Pellegrino fight has been confirmed for UFC 74.

- Drew “The Master” Fickett has been removed from the July 7 UFC 73: Stacked card, for which he was scheduled to fight Chris "Lights Out" Lytle. Lytle’s new opponent has not been named.