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CKA: Apr 10, 2007

Apr 10, 2007 8:00 AM Scott White

News and Notes

- Phil Baroni was arrested this past weekend and released on $5000 bail after an incident outside a South Beach restaurant.

Baroni was released on $5,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned April 30 on one felony count of threatening a police officer and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting officers without violence, according to records on the Miami-Dade County Web Site.

- The Fight Network is reporting UFC veteran Mark “The Machine” Hominick has forfeited the remainder of his contract with the UFC to sign with the WEC. Hominick will make his debut June 3rd and eventually he hopes to work his way to a title shot against Urijah Faber.

- It looks like TKO lightweight champion Sam Stout will be making his return to the UFC. His opponent is expected to be Spencer Fisher on an upcoming UFC Fight Night card.

- Tough Canadian welterweight Jeff Joslin has reportedly been offered an invitation to train with Team Tompkins in California, to prepare for his next fight.

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1. Bill Reger
from New York
Apr 11, 2007 8:33 AM

Some outlets are reporting that Hominick’s debut in the WEC on June 3rd will be against Urijah Faber.  Given Hominick’s credentials and recent callouts of Faber, this is likely the case.  The WEC does not yet have an established pecking order in their divisions so first time participants can be given a title shot right away.  Faber’s last opponent, Dominick Cruz, is an example. 

And what better way to kick off the first live televised WEC on Versus than with a Hominick-Faber war.

2. Lupuri
from South Jersey
Apr 11, 2007 4:13 PM

Call me a dumbass, but I thought that the WEC was owned by Zuffa?

3. Bill Reger
from New York
Apr 11, 2007 7:58 PM

You are not a dumbass.  Well, maybe you are, but not for the reason above. wink

Zuffa does indeed own both the UFC and WEC.  However, a fighter’s contract is with each promotion, not with the parent company of Zuffa.  If a fighter signs a contract with the UFC, its for fights guaranteed to be in the UFC. 

BTW, if I remember correctly, John Alessio may have done the same thing in forfeiting the remaining two fights on his UFC contract and transferring them to the WEC.

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