Los Angeles, CA, June 11, 2008 -- Puder Productions announced today that it will host the "Cops and Robbers" event at the world famous Playboy Mansion partially benefiting the Cops Care Cancer Foundation (a non-profit 501(c)3). The event will be co-hosted by Playboy's Amanda "Dream" Evans, myspace phenom Bobby Billard, and DJ Lady Tribe. The event will be held on August 23, 2008, between 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Fighters expected to attend include Chuck Liddell, Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez.

Preceding the main event at the Playboy Mansion is an exciting event on August 22nd (for VIP ticketholders) at an exclusive Hollywood hotspot (TBD) featuring the sexy stars of the Wet T-shirt Wrestling League (WTWL).

300 of Puder's "Knockouts" will be on hand for the event and tours of the historic grounds will be provided by Playboy bunnies. The event will also include the comedy of Brad Williams and Tapan, a sexy lingerie fashion show, auctions and more.

Tickets are available for purchase and sponsorship info can be found at puderpro.com.

The Cops Care Cancer Foundation is a Northern California Based company, whose mission is to provide financial assistance to children and their families who have been stricken with cancer. They provide financial donations and support to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Their contributions help fund social service programs for children, long term housing costs, prevention programs, research projects and a survivor's scholarship program. In addition to financial donations, the directors donate their time to visit the children and provide motivational presentations. For more information about the Cops Care Cancer Foundation, please contact Brian Simuro at (408) 406-1445 or visit: www.copscarecancerfoundation.org.

Chicago will be treated to one of the most exciting matches in recent history when it plays host to Thiago Alves vs. Diego Sanchez, set for UFC 90.

MMA Weekly has the scoop:

After first breaking the news that top welterweights Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez would meet at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England, MMAWeekly.com has just learned that the fight will instead take place on the as of yet unannounced card for UFC 90 set to take place in Chicago, Ill.

MMAWeekly.com confirmed the change with sources close to the fight. UFC president Dana White, in speaking to the Chicago Sun Times on Monday, announced an Oct. 25 date in confirming UFC 90 for the Allstate Arena in Chicago. He did not confirm any bouts for the event.

UFC 90 follows one week after the UFC 89 show in England. UFC 89 is currently still rumored to be a free show on Spike TV, but again, there is no confirmation for that yet from the UFC.

Alves and Sanchez were set to be part of the co-main event for UFC 89, but the promotion decided to push up the light heavyweight bout between Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida as the other headliner behind the main event featuring Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben.

It is now believed that the Alves vs. Sanchez fight will be part of the main event set up for the card in Chicago for UFC 90, but no other fights have been rumored or announced as of yet.

Cage Potato reveals that Brandon Vera will get Keith Jardine in his next match up at 205. This is a very interesting fight, with both guys on the cusp of the top tier of 205ers. Jardine was there, after the wins against Forrest and Liddell, and Vera is on his way. The winner of this fight is easily top 10 material, and the loser will most likely not be ranked.

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No, this is not an article warning of the latest Salmonella tainted food, nor is it a story of on the new Nigerian money scam. Instead, it is about this entirely different mess of a situation regarding live mixed martial arts audiences.

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When asked by ProMMARadio about a potential fight with St. Pierre, Silva's manager and trainer had this to say:

"That sounds great, I think GSP is an incredible fighter. But I think GSP needs to prove himself. He still hasn't had a successful title defense (at 170 lbs.). I don't really feel that he deserves (a Silva fight) yet. Go defend your title a few times and then we'll talk."

Which prompted Cage Potato to say this:

The thing is, St. Pierre has proven himself many times over to be an elite-level fighter, and Soares is veering uncomfortably close to Juanito Ibarra territory, wild statement-wise. But what makes his dismissal of GSP particularly ironic is that Spider's next fight is likely going to be against Patrick Cote, who doesn't deserve to be in the same room as Silva or GSP. With Yushin Okami suffering a broken hand, Cote is really and truly next in line for a title shot; that little shitshow could happen at UFC 88 (September 6th, Atlanta).

A relatively one-dimensional striker, Cote doesn't bring any more to the table than James Irvin did, and their bout will almost certainly be another brief exhibition for Silva. The silver lining is that with this belt-defense obligation out of the way quickly, Silva will be free to "test the waters" at light-heavyweight again — and he does plan on fighting at least one more time before the end of the year.

MMAPayout.com has learned that Saturday night's broadcast of UFC: Silva vs Irvin on Spike TV drew a 2.1 rating (3.1 million viewers). In the key demographics, the broadcast delivered a 2.8 in M18-49, a 3.2 in Men 18-34, and a 2.0 in P18-49. The event was the highest rated program on television (cable or network) on Saturday in M18-34, M18-49, M25-34, and P18-34.

The broadcast peaked at 11:30PM for Silva-Irvin which drew 3.8 million viewers and a 4.9 rating in M25-34 and a 4.1 in M18-34.

In other words, it did well. Really, really well.