MMA NOTES-
Din Thomas confirmed to mmaontap.com he is leaving the Lightweight division and moving to Featherweight (145 lbs) in the WEC.

Yoshihiro Akiyama has dropped out of the DREAM middleweight grand prix on 4/29 due to a nasal fracture he suffered in his fight on New Years Eve with Kazuo Misaki.

Lightweight fighter Kurt Pellegrino has opened up his new website. www.kurtpellegrino.com .

Former Pancrase and UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett will fight on the 5/18 Sengoku 2 event in Japan.

Shonie Carter vs. Victor Moreno will headline the Primetime Fighting Championships: Inception on May 30, 2008 at the Star Plaza Theater in Merrillville, Indiana. more info on the card and the promotion go to www.Indianaprimetimefc.com .

Matt Lindland confirmed on Inside MMA he will fight on the 7/19/08 Affliction show which is scheduled to be headlined by Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko.

The IFL's next show will take place on 5/16/08 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. Three title matches will headline the card: Heavyweight title: Roy Nelson vs. Brandon Lee Hinkle; Middleweight title: Ryan McGivern vs. Dan Miller; Lightweight title: Ryan Schultz vs. Deividas Taurosevicius.

XFF 8, Professional and Amateur Mixed Martial Arts sanctioned by the Georgia Athletic Commission. There event is on Friday Nigtht June 6th at the NW Georgia Trade Center - Dalton, Ga. Interested fighters should submit fighter bios and info to Kenneth Coffey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it www.xffonline.com 404-310-4060 cell or 770-436-1880 office.

On a personal note I'm pleased to hear that Kailb Starnes was cut form the UFC. His performance was an embarrassment to the sport and he should have let someone else fight Nate Quarry is he was just going to run laps around the octagon. When your opponent has ample time to make fun of you during a professional fight, it should tell you it's time to fight back. I'm sure Elite XC or the IFL will pick him up but I have zero interest in seeing him fight again. When fans pay $44.95 to watch a PPV, they want to see fights and not track and field. Also please cut Travis Lutter and Charles McCarthy. They are both just wasting roster spots that could be taken by fighters who want to fight. Between Lutter's missing weight against Anderson Silva and being completely out of gas at the end of the first round on Saturday, it's clear he dose not take the time it truly takes to be an elite level fighter. He trains with his students and dose not train with a camp which is never good and will not advance as long as he continues down this path. Charles McCarthy....well you just looked like a tool making faces and sticking your tongue out while Bisping put the beat down on you with knees.
Source: gerweck.net