BloodyElbow.com will be live in the arena to cover tonight's Strikeforce: Evolution event. The card is headlined by a showdown between Cung Le and Scott Smith.

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Main Card Bouts:
Cung Le (184) vs. Scott Smith (185.5)
Josh Thomson (153) vs. Gilbert Melendez (154)
Matt Lindland (185.2) vs. Ronald "Jacare" Souza (185.4)
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (218.6) vs. Mike Whitehead (261.6)

Preliminary Bouts:
Antwain Britt (205.6) vs. Scott Lighty (203)
Daisuke Nakamura (154.5) vs. Justin Wilcox (155.6)
David "Tarzan" Douglas (157.6)* vs. Bobby Stack (153.8)
Alex Crispim (145.6) vs. A.J. Fonseca (143.2)

Main Card Bouts:
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Ed Ratcliff (155)
Chris Horodecki (155) vs. Anthony Njokuani (157)*
Joseph Benavidez (135) vs. Rani Yahya (135.5)
Scott Jorgensen (135) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (137)*

Preliminary Bouts:
Bart Palaszewski (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)
Muhsin Corbbrey (156) vs. Zach Micklewright (155)
Chad George (135) vs. John Hosman (135)
Courtney Buck (146) vs. Brandon Visher (144)
Kyle Dietz (135) vs. Brad Pickett (136)
Erik Koch (146) vs. Jameel Massouh (145)

* Will have one hour to drop one pound

Spike TV will once again offer mixed martial arts fans a look at select preliminary bouts when it airs live under card action from the upcoming UFC 108: “Evans vs. Silva” pay-per-view on Jan. 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UFC lightweight stars Cole Miller and Dan Lauzon will bring their bout to the airwaves alongside the 170-pound scrap between Martin Kampmann and Jacob Volkmann.

- Per MMA Mania

The prelims on Spike I’m sure is benefiting the promotion with a few extra buys every event, but it’s also one of the most fan friendly moves the UFC has ever made. The more fights, the better. And getting free shows on Spike, free shows on Versus, free prelims on Spike…this is a great time to be an MMA fan.

I'll let my performances speak for themselves. I know Nick Diaz is somewhere in my future but right now my goal is to become the lightweight champion, put on great fights and hopefully become a successful two sport athlete and win a title in two sports.

- Taken from a statement given by KJ Noons to MMA Mania

I really wish Noons would give up on his desire to be a champion boxer.  He has the talent in MMA to be a top 5 level fighter if he devotes himself, but as a boxer I just can't see him ever getting past the James Countryman-types in the boxing world.  As long as he is focused on boxing I worry it will always be a bit of a distraction for him.

MMA Weekly is reporting that Duane “Bang” Ludwig will return to the UFC for the first time since January of 2006. Ludwig will replace the injured Sean Sherk at UFC 108 against Jim Miller.

Ludwig holds a career record of 19-9 and won both of his prior fights in the UFC. Ludwig’s biggest strength is his kickboxing while Miller does possess decent boxing but is a much better jiu-jitsu player.

SBNation.com will have more details on the UFC 108 event as they become available.

MMA Weekly is reporting that Duane “Bang” Ludwig will return to the UFC for the first time since January of 2006. Ludwig will replace the injured Sean Sherk at UFC 108 against Jim Miller.

Ludwig holds a career record of 19-9 and won both of his prior fights in the UFC. Ludwig’s biggest strength is his kickboxing while Miller does possess decent boxing but is a much better jiu-jitsu player.

SBNation.com will have more details on the UFC 108 event as they become available.