The Weekly Wrap: August 22 - August 28

Matchmaking

A complete list of significant new fights reported this week. Some may be repeated from previous sections:

• Yves Edwards vs. James Warfield (replacing Mario Stapel), Shark Fights 4, Sept. 4, Amarillo, Texas. (Source: MMA Junkie)

• Murilo Rua vs. Alex Stiebling (replacing Antonio Rogerio Nogueira), Bitetti Combat, Sept. 12, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (MMA Fanhouse)

• Houston Alexander vs. Sherman Pendergarst, Adrenaline MMA 4, Sept. 18, Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Adrenaline)

• Chad Reiner vs. Forrest Petz. Adrenaline MMA 4, Sept. 18, Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Adrenaline)

• Rafaello Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz (replacing injured Dan Lauzon), UFC 103, Sept. 19, Dallas, Texas. (Sherdog)

• Antonio Silva vs. Jim York, Sengoku Tenth Battle, Sept. 23, Saitama, Japan. (Sengoku)

• Hiroshi Izumi vs. Antz Nansen, Sengoku Tenth Battle, Sept. 23, Saitama, Japan. (Sengoku)

• Makoto Takimoto vs. Jae Sun Lee, Sengoku Tenth Battle, Sept. 23, Saitama, Japan. (Sengoku)

• Ray Sefo vs. Kevin Jordan, Strikeforce Challengers, Sept. 25, Bixby, Okla. (Strikeforce)

• Zach Light v. Tyron Woodley, Strikeforce Challengers, Sept. 25, Bixby, Okla. (MMA Fanhouse)

• Pat Runez vs. John Dodson (to crown first flyweight champion), Ultimate Warrior Challenge, Oct. 3, Fairfax, Va. (UWC)

• Valentijn Overeem vs. Daniel Puder, “Ultimate Glory” Golden Glory Tenth Anniversary Event, Oct. 17, Holland. (K-1 Legend)

• Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell, UFC 104, Oct. 25, Los Angeles. (UFC)

• Rob McCullough vs. Anthony Pettis, WEC 44, Nov. 11, Venue TBA. (Sherdog)

• Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett. UFC 106, Nov. 21, Las Vegas. (MMAWeekly)