Jeremy Horn

(Murilo "Ninja" Rua wrecks Alex "The Brazilian Killa" Stiebling in 39 seconds. Fight starts at the 0:22 mark. Props to TheGarv. More videos to come...)

BITETTI COMBAT: NORDESTE 4 (9/12; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Ricardo Arona def. Marvin Eastman via unanimous decision
- Paulo Filho def. Alex Schoenauer via unanimous decision
- Pedro Rizzo def. Jeff Monson via unanimous decision
- Murilo “Ninja” Rua def. Alex Stiebling via KO, 0:39 of round 1
- Milton Viera def. Luciano Azavedo via split decision
- Fabio Maldonado def. Vitor Miranda via unanimous decision
- Glover Texeira def. Leonardo Nascimento via submission (guillotine choke), 3:18 of round 1
- Luis Dutra Jr. def. Henrique Nogueira via TKO, round 1
- Cassiano Tytschyo def. Fausto Black via submission (guillotine choke), round 1
- Alexandre Pimentel def. Luciano “Izzy” Correa via unanimous decision

With the cobwebs finally clearing from his devastating knockout loss against Ray Mercer, Tim Sylvia will try to regain some semblance of respect against Jason Riley at Adrenaline MMA's fourth event on September 18. Riley holds a 6-1 professional record, and went 4-0 as an amateur. All of his fights have taken place in Ohio, and he became the NAAFS heavyweight champion after knocking out Justin Black in April.

In other words, he has nowhere near the kind of high-profile, big-show experience that Tim Sylvia does. But you'll never go broke underestimating the Maine-iac. After all, this is a a guy who weighed in at a morbidly obese 310.6 pounds for his last fight in June, and will now have to get back into legitimate fighting shape just one month from now. Will Sylvia snap his three-fight losing streak, or will Riley make his name off of the former UFC heavyweight champ?

According to NWI.com, Adrenaline IV will go down at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and is likely to feature former UFC vets Jeremy Horn and Houston Alexander — even though Alexander hasn't been officially released from his UFC contract yet.

(Photo courtesy of daylife.com.)

Well, it looks like the Octagon will be short one dreadlocked Camaroonian. Multiple sources have confirmed that charismatic Team Quest fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has been released from his fight contract following his TKO loss to light-heavyweight up-and-comer Luis Cane at UFC 89 last month; the defeat dropped Soko's UFC record down to 1-2, and his overall record to 5-3. Though he entered the UFC on a wave of hype last year with quick knockout victories over PRIDE stars Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona under his belt, Sokodjou's relative inexperience was exposed in his unsuccessful debut against Lyoto Machida, and now he's been pink-slipped to sharpen up his game elsewhere.

Speaking of fighters who never lived up to the promise of their pre-UFC performances, Rich Franklin's BFF Jorge Gurgel has been cut -- despite winning a $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus at UFC 91 -- and picked up by Strikeforce. Gurgel's decision loss to Aaron Riley earlier this month was just another frustrating example of Gurgel brawling his way to defeat rather than use the fearsome jiu-jitsu that earned him a 9-1 record (with all wins by submission) before being signed by the UFC. Within the Octagon, Gurgel went 3-4, with all but one fight going to a decision.

Though he told MMA Junkie that the cut was "very humiliating" and "a crushing of my childhood dream," he also sounded hopeful in a press release distributed by Strikeforce, saying "To me, this is like a new start. I’m coming in fresh...I make some bad decisions because I have too much fun. I have never used my Jiu Jitsu in the UFC...[people] ask me why I don’t use my Jiu-Jitsu. I have so much fun standing up and I completely think I’m winning all the time...I will always bring the same intensity and I’m always going to fight 110 percent. I just want to be able to use everything that I know."

UFC 91 PPV numbers and more after the jump...

(The brothers Florian: 98-pound weaklings welcome.)

— The UFC has inked a new five-fight contract extension with Houston Alexander. Sure, that's a little strange given that The Assassin has lost his last two fights, but they can always tear up his contract if he loses two more. That's the beauty of drafting contracts that aren't really worth the paper they're printed on. Alexander will try to get back to knocking other people out at UFC Fight Night 15 (September 17th, Omaha), where he'll take on Eric Schafer.

— Speaking of UFC Fight Night 15, Jeremy Horn has been forced to pull out of the event due to a wrist injury. Replacing him in his scheduled bout against Wilson Gouveia will be Ryan Jensen (13-4, 0-2 UFC).

— Kenny and Keith Florian promise that their new MMA gym is "definitely not going to be one of those hardcore MMA places," and is geared towards those with no desire to become a pro fighter.

— Arianny Celeste and Edith Labelle are featured in E!'s "12 Sexiest Jobs in Vegas."

— Yoshiyuki Yoshida is the first opponent that Karo Parisyan has total respect for as an athlete. But he's not coming to lose, bro.

From the TUF 7 finale preliminary card: "Gumby" eats his third-straight submission loss, while "The Boogeyman" puts himself back in the UFC's middleweight picture.

Amir Sadollah kicks some ass at Combat Sports Challenge 20 (4/28/07) — rocking his trademark hipster haircut even then. Props to MMATKO.

The most breathtaking video you'll see all day is after the jump.