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...

UFN 11 Card Looking Good

Tis is a shaping up to be a great little card, especially for the price.

Kenny Florian vs. Din Thomas (main event)
Jonathan Goulet vs. Mike Swick
Junior Assuncao vs. Nate Diaz
Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin
Nate Quarry vs. Pete Sell
Leonard Garcia vs. Cole Miler
Gray Maynard vs. Joe Veres
Thiago Alves vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Morning Droppings

- UFC president Dana White has officially confirmed in an ESPN interview that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will debut at UFC 76 against undefeated Lyoto Machida.

- Fresh off a January drug suspension, American Top Team’s Thiago Alves will reportedly make his octagon return at UFC Fight Night 11 in September against Japanese MMA veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka.

- Jorge Gurgel suffered a broken jaw and a facial fracture in the second round of his UFC 73 fight with Diego Saraiva and has been suspended indefinitely by the California State Athletic Commission. So much for the "Bionic Brazilian" moniker.

- UFC vet Joe “Diesel” Riggs has been reportedly been told by the UFC that if he loses his July 21 Hardcore Fighting Championship match against Dan Chambers, he will no longer have the opportunity to fight under the Zuffa-owned UFC or WEC banners.