UPDATE: Southworth Out Of Title Fight

Earlier this month we reported that Bobby Southworth would be defending his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title against Renato "Babalu"Sobral. (See original story here http://mmatrivia.blogspot.com/2008/08/bobby-southworth-to-defend-title.html)

Bobby Southworth has announced that he has sustained an injury during training and has pulled out of the bout. He will be replaced by Anthony Ruiz in a non-title bout.

Ruiz holds a record of 23-11, and will face Sobral on September 20th at Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion 2.

Bobby Southworth To Defend Title

Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth will defend his title on September 20th.

The bout will take place at Strikeforce At The Playboy Mansion 2, and Southworth's opponent will be former UFC light heavyweight fighter Renato "Babalu" Sobral.

Other fighters have been added to the card including Josh Thomson and Billy Evangelista. No opponent has been named for either fighter.

Affliction Autograph Signing

If you are in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, you might want to head down the Century City Mall for Affliction's promotional autograph signing.

Fighters booked to be there include Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Fabio Negao, Ben Rothwell, Matt Lindland, Mike Whitehead, Babalu Sobral, Josh Barnett and Pedro Rizzo. Perhaps the most exciting news to fans is that they also list a mystery fighter to appear at the event. Based on this week's rumors, there is a distinct possibility that this fighter could be Andre Arlovski, who is thought to be joining the promotion on the 19th May, if the UFC don't come up with a suitable contract offer.

This event will definately be worth checking out. If I wasn't on a completely different continent, I'd be there along side all you lucky people! As an added incentive, the first 500 people to attend will be given a free Affliction T-shirt. If anyone makes it to this event, please pop here and leave comments to let all us unlucky ones know how it went.