In what I think was an awesome gesture by the good folks at Strikeforce, the organization paid both Mark Miller and Deray Davis both their 'show' fee and potential win bonuses from getting bumped from last Saturday's Fedor/Rogers show in Chicago, Il.

Both local welterweights, the two were supposed to fight on the untelevised portion of the show but got bumped and were expected to fight after the main event concluded. However for some reason, that didn't happen and the two didn't get the chance to fight.

After the group unsuccessfully tried to make the fight for later this month in Chicago, they gave both guys paydays for their trouble.

The show fee was immediately announced, but because of the lost sponsorship opps and overall annoyance of not being able to fight when they trained for it, they gave them the win bonuses too. Good gesture, but I'm still confused as to why they didn't fight when the cameras went off.

Miller (seen above) went into Saturday at 9-5 and previously competed in the IFL, while Davis was 5-1-1. Both guys are Chicago-area fighters.

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Former UFC'er Alberto Crane (12-4) vs. Wander Braga (16-1) headlines Called Out MMA II this Saturday in Ontario, CA, streamed live on Sherdog.com. More info is at www.calledoutmma.com. (Thanks to Phil Lanides).

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In what is becoming a regular occurrence, Spike TV is going to air two prelim fights for the next UFC ppv - UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II. Fans will get to see two good ones with Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders and Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt airing live a week from this Saturday at 9 pm EST.

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Strikeforce's next big show featuring Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, Robbie Lawler, King Mo and Matt Lindland vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Sousa is set for 12/19 at the HP Pavilion Center in San Jose, CA. Tickets are on sale now. Tons more on this event as we get closer.

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UFC 104 is set for this Saturday with Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera on top. We'll get the Five Bullet Preview up Friday afternoon.

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6-0 welterweight Roger Bowling has signed with Strikeforce. He's currently the MMA Big Show Welterweight Champion and is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2010. This comes roughly a week after they re-inked lightweight Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm (13-0) to a non-exclusive deal. (Thanks to Phil Lanides)

Josh Nason has published MMA, wrestling and boxing blog Ropes, Ring and Cage.com since 2007. He is a contributor to FIGHT! Magazine and appears regularly on Fight Network Radio. Follow him on Twitter.