Sherdog is reporting that Bobby Lashley to Strikeforce is very likely, and that he came close to making his debut on the 11/7 ‘Fedor-palooza’ show.
Lashley to Strikeforce forthcoming @ Sherdog

Strikeforce will make an offer to Dan Henderson this week. Strikeforce honcho Scott Coker gave the word on the Fanhouse ‘MMA Hour’ show:
“I think at the end of the day the fighter wants to get paid fair. We’ll probably make some type of formal offer today or tomorrow.”

Affliction just opened a new retail store at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas:

Megadeth playing ‘Washington Is Next’:

Lyoto Machida was given a 60 day medical suspension following his UFC 106 title defense against Shogun Rua, making a rematch on the 1/2/10 UFC show unlikely. It’s apparently for a ‘lip laceration’ so its something he could train with.

Pending signed bout agreements, etc. the Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin matchup is now official for UFC 108 on January 2nd in Las Vegas. Or at least that’s the word from the Carwin camp, and Shane is no doubt ready to fight. There’s a rumor afoot that Lesnar has told The Dana that he won’t [...]

More bad illness related news for MMA fans as Erin Toughill has been forced to withdraw from her 11/7 Strikeforce fight against Marloes Coenen due to illness. No details yet, but I’m sure our women’s MMA insider Yael Grauer will have more news for us in the next day or so. For now, [...]

Savage Science staff dog Alfie was featured on the USA TODAY hotel/travel blog yesterday. He’s in the bottom photo napping at the Vintage Plaza hotel here in Portland;

Hotels for Dogs @ USA TODAY

With the withdrawal of Brock Lesnar and the postponement of his fight with Shane Carwin to UFC 108, the UFC 106 undercard is looking thinner than an anorexic aspiring model. The UFC is apparently taking steps to deal with that, and Anthony Johnson and Josh Koscheck have verbally agreed to fight in the co-main [...]

Pro wrestling announcing legend Jim Ross–who has recently suffered a new attack of Bell’s Palsy and we wish him the best–has his take on the UFC 104 Shogun/Machida fight. And would you believe that his is one of the more intelligent and coherent takes on the fight and its judging? He also goes [...]