It appears that Roger Gracie will be facing off against seasoned MMA veteran Travis Wiuff in his return to MMA action. Sengoku announced that bout as well as the Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon to round out the remainder of the Sengoku 5 card. The event will take place on September 28, 2008 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

There are some interesting video interviews of deceased former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner that are worth checking out. Tanner passed away of apparent heat exhaustion last week.

Lyoto Machida dropped from UFC 89 which will take place on October without their top light heavyweight contendership bout. First Thiago Silva’s injury forced him off the card, and it appears that the bout has been scrapped altogether.

Dana White and Joe Rogan sat down with some of the “Marquee” members of the original season of the Ultimate Fighter and will play the reunion along with a complete season one marathon on Spike TV. A video teaser of the episode is below.

Tito Ortiz spoke to www.punchdrunkgamer.com and talked about the volatile split between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Juanito Ibarra. Jackson has been very public about his resentment to a man he once considered a father figure to himself, with his highly publicized driving escapade following the split.

Pride veteran Mitsuhiro Ishida will (16-4-1) will make his US debut at the Playboy Mansion against AKA stalwart Justin Wilcox.  Ishida was on an 8-fight winning streak with wins over UFC veteran David Bielkheden , Paul Rodriguez, and Marcus Aurelio before losing to Takanory Gomi and most recently Caol Uno.

The body of former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner was found in the Palo Verde Mountain area today. According to a report on the Imperial Valley Press by Brooke Ruth, the body of former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner was found in the Palo Verde Mountain area today. Tanner, 37, has been missing since last weekend.