Below are the results from the televised portion of Friday's Ring of Combat show in Atlantic City that aired on HDNet.

• Jim Miller (AMA Fight Club/ Renzo Gracie) def. Chris Liguori (Rhino Fight Team) via Submission (Guillotine) Rd 2.
• Krysztof Soszynski (Team Quest) def. Alex Andrade (Lion's Den) via Disqualification due to repeated groin strikes.
• Doug Gordon (Team Rush/Elite BJJ) def. Gregor Gracie (Renzo Gracie) via Knockout Rd 3.
• Lyman Good (TSMMA) def. Alexis Aquino (Rhino Fight Team) via Unanimous Decision
• John Howard (Wai Kru) def. Jose Rodriguez (Rhino Fight Team) via KO Rd 1.
• Mike Guerin (Bombsquad) def. Dan Miller (AMA Fight Club/Renzo Gracie) - Doctor Stoppage, No Decision
• Tom Gallichio (Rhino Fight Team) def. Igor Gracie (Renzo Gracie) via Unanimous Decision
• Binky Jones (Ground Control/Renzo Gracie) def. Al Buck (Evolution Fight Team) via Kimura Rd 1.
• Mike Medrano (Rhino Fight Team) def. Rich Ashkar (Team Oliveria) via Knockout Rd 1.
• Ricardo Romero (Advanced Martial Arts) def. Randy Durant (Team Fury) via Ref Stoppage Rd 1.

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HDNet Fights has canceled its next scheduled card for February 15 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, reports Loretta Hunt of The Fight Network.

“We’re taking the time to build a little more infrastructure that’s all our own,” HDNet Fights president Guy Mezger is quoted as saying in the article. “Right now, we share a lot of it with HDNet and the [Dallas] Mavericks.”

According to Hunt, HDNet Fights will hold its next card during early spring or summer, depending on venue availability. 

In the meantime, HDNet will focus on televising events from its multiple content partners that includes the IFL, Sportfight, and Ring of Combat. The article also mentions the possibility of a second Yarrenoka! event in March.

There's been some speculation on message boards that the cancellation is a bad sign for the financial stability of Mark Cuban's fledgling fight promotion. That may or may not be the case.

Despite abundant personal wealth, Cuban has always preached fiscal responsibility. The measure of success for the company is also different than that of other promotions. Mixed martial arts has been one of the highest rated programs on Cuban's high-definition cable channel, HDNet. The goal of HDNet Fights is to produce content for Cuban's various distribution platforms.

February is also slated to be a busy month in MMA with the UFC, WEC, EliteXC, the IFL, and even BodogFIGHT all expected to promote shows.

Another potential issue could have be the availability of Frank Trigg. After Trigg and Jason "Mayhem" Miller both won their respective HDNet Fights bouts in December, speculation grew that the two would face each other in a rematch from a previous fight that took place in the ICON Sport promotion.

While Trigg is open to the rematch with Miller, he indicated during an interview with FiveOuncesOfPain.com that he currently has business and family commitments scheduled for February and March. Trigg's answer was in response to a question regarding whether he had interest in competing for M-1 Global:

I would love to fight for M-1 if he can get it worked out. Unfortunately, their first fight, I believe is going to be in February, the rumor is Chicago. I’m going to be unable to compete in that because I just have so many things going on with my clothing line and what we have to do with Triggonomics during February and March and of course, my kids’ spring breaks are during those times so I have to be able to see the kids during those times as well.

To write off HDNet Fights at this point seems a little premature. 

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Sam Caplan

Lead Writer/Editor - ProElite.com

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ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com) has learned from a well-placed source that the eighth and final bout for Yarennoka! in Japan on Dec. 31 is expected to feature Roman Zentsov vs. Mike Russow.

ProElite.com has also learned from a separate source that Russow is also under consideration to fight on M-1 Global's first card in the U.S.

The bout between Zentsov and Russow is expected to kick off HDNet's coverage of the event, which will commence on Jan. 1 at 6 a.m. ET.

ProElite.com was also able to obtain a preliminary order of bouts on the card. It is as follows:

Fight 1: Roman Zentsov vs. Mike Russow

Fight 2: Makoto Takimoto vs. Murilo Bustamante

Fight 3: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Azeredo

Fight 4: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez

Fight 5: Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa

Fight 6: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazuo Misaki

Fight 7: Shinya Aoki vs. TBD

Fight 8: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong-man Choi

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Lead Writer/Editor - ProElite.com

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