In an unfortunate turn of events, highly touted Brian Bowles who is widely regarded as a top 3 fighter in the Bantamweight division has been forces out of his much anticipated title fight against Miguel Torres. However, all is not lost as, Takeya Mazugaki, another top ten Bantamweight has already stepped up and taken the fight.

In the first airing since its live pay-per-view broadcast, the “Affliction: Day of Reckoning” main card will be shown March 13 at 10 p.m. EST on HDNet.

According to MMA Payout, Spike TV’s telecast of UFC 95 on tape delay from London, England on 2/21/09 was the #1 program on television for male viewers ages 13-34 (634,000) and 18-49 (1,244,000) during the original US broadcast from 9:00pm-Midnight. The overall number hit a high of 3 million for the 11:30pm Main Event featuring Joe ‘Daddy’ Stevenson versus Diego ‘Nightmare’ Sanchez.

Here’s a press release that was just sent out by the Pa. Dept. of State:
State Athletic Commission’s Newly-Approved Regulations Take Effect Feb. 27

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania has joined the growing number of states to allow Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, events, now that the State Athletic Commission has approved final regulations for the sport, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés announced today. The new regulations take effect Feb. 27, 2009.