By: King Eddie

Strikeforce's Coker "optimistic" about Showtime deal

Though it has long been rumored that the now Zuffa owned, Strikeforce promotion, would be falling to the wayside due to complications in the ability to reach an agreement with Showtime, today Scott Coker expressed that he is very optimistic that a new deal will go through before the February deadline. The promotion has two more events on the schedule. A December and January show.

iJudgeFights.com is seeking Beta Testers

iJudgeFights.com is a website that is in the works that will give would-be judges the ability to vent frustrations about current judging of MMA bouts, as well as measure their own scoring ability aside those who do it for a living.  "I wouldn't say people are outraged, but there are periods where people are disappointed with the outcome of fights, and we feel that not only are we going to be able to help, but create interaction that hasn't existed before," iJudgeFights co-founder Jonathan Wakrat

UFC on Fox 2 adds five fights

# Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans

# Mark Munoz vs. Chael Sonnen
# Demetrious Johnson vs. Eddie Wineland
# Evan Dunham vs. Paul Sass
# Michael Johnson vs. Cody McKenzie
# George Roop vs. Cub Swanson
# Jon Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow
# Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely