Jared Shaw, EliteXC vice president, recently confirmed on FightHype.com that Noons and Diaz will not be fighting on the CBS card in October, even after all the threats and rhetoric slung between the two camps.

Affliction Entertainment and Michael Waltrip Racing have teamed up to race for the checkered flag in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California. This year's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the two-mile D-shaped oval will find Waltrip's double zero (00) entry, driven by veteran driver Mike Skinner, fully wrapped in Affliction Entertainment's "Day of Reckoning" graphics promoting the upcoming Oct. 11 MMA Pay-Per-View event from Las Vegas. The 250-lap event will start at 5 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, Aug. 31 from Auto Club Speedway in San Bernardino County, Calif. and will be shown on ABC TV via ESPN-ABC Sports.

Kimbo Slice, YouTube legend and MMA fighter, will be fighting MMA Legend Ken Shamrock on the next EliteXC CBS card Oct. 4th. EliteXC vice president Jared Shaw (Gary Shaw's son) confirmed the rumors on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas. The bout will take place during primetime on CBS and will show from the BankAtlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

"The No Holds Barred Show" just received confirmation that Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne will perform live at Affliction “Day of Reckoning” on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Benji Radach, ex-IFL standout, will do battle against Murilo "Ninja" Rua on the Oct. 4 EliteXC card, according to Sherdog.com.

Bombs are bound to be exchanged when K-1 kickboxing veterans Patrick “HD” Barry (3-0) and Andre “The Silencer” Walker (2-3) face off with one another in the cage during Strikeforce “Payback” at Denver, Colorado’s Broomfield Events Center on Friday, October 3rd.

Kenny Florian goes on "The Fight Card" and talks about his last fight with Roger Huerta, claiming Roger was a little slippery. He doesn't go as far as to invoke the Akiyama Clause", but he does insinuate that there was something other than sweat involved.

K.J. Noons and his manager are unfazed with the recent diatribe that Jared Shaw has unleashed against him concerning him not taking the Nick Diaz fight that they have on the table. It seems his main assertion is that Nick is not the number one contender for the title, despite Diaz winning his last three fights.