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Partial card released for Bitetti Combat 5 on December 12th in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Pedro Rizzo vs. Valentjin Overeem Murilo Rua vs. Jason Jones Fábio Maldonado vs. Travis Wiuff Gustavo Machado vs. Rico Washington Glover Teixeira vs. Jeff Monson Eduardo Pamplona vs. Tommy Speer Alessandro Steffen vs. Francimar Bodão HT: MMA Mania

Ninja Out Of DREAM.12 To Help Brother (Shogun) Train For Machida: After the great knockout victory against Alex Stiebling in only 45 seconds, Murilo "Ninja" Rua was rumored to be back in Japan on Dream 12, scheduled to October 25. Talking with TATAME.com, Ninja revealed that he won’t fight on the event because of his brother’s title fight in he UFC, against Lyoto Machida, on October 24 (UFC 104). ... Out of the event, Ninja expects one more fight in 2009. "I’m waiting for a next fight on Bitetti Combat, that I’ve heard that may happen in December in São Paulo, or even at Dream. I wanna do one more fight this year. I in talks with Strikeforce too, I’m negotiating, but there’s nothing right yet"

Cassiano Tytschyo choked out Fausto Black with a killer guillotine at Saturday's "Bitetti Combat 4" in Rio De Janeiro. (Video here.) More Bitetti Combat photos by Marcelo Alonso at Sherdog.

Bitetti Combat Weigh-In Results Ricardo Arona (201.5) vs. Marvin Eastman* (209.4) Paulo Filho (201) vs. Alex Schoenauer (203) Pedro Rizzo (240.3) vs. Jeff Monson (238) Murilo "Ninja" Rua (205) vs. Alex Stiebling^ (213.2) Henrique "Chocolate" (174.6) vs. Eduardo Pamplona (167.5) Luciano Azevedo (153.8) vs. Milton Vieira* (158.7) Fausto Black** (180.2) vs. Cassiano Tytschyo (181.2) Glover Teixeira (204.8) vs. Leonardo "Chocolate" (199.9) Vitor Miranda (218) vs. Fabio Maldonado (220.2) * Missed weight on first try. ** Black is a late replacement for Leandro "Batata" Silva, who was TKO'd by Siyar Bahadurzada in Shooto on 8/27. ^ Made weight on second try; cleared to fight. Results via Brasil Combate; photo via Tatame.

Murilo "Ninja" Rua (16-10-1) will face "The Brazilian Killa" Alex Stiebling (18-10-1, 1 NC) at this Saturday's Bitetti Combat event in Rio de Janeiro. Rua replaces "Minotoro" Nogueira, who is sidelined with an ankle injury. "Big" John McCarthy will officiate the event. HT: Tatame

Murilo 'Ninja' Rua Could Replace Lil' Nog Against Alex Stiebling on Bitteti Combat "I heard that, they already called me. If we get to an agreement, I’ll love to fight. I’ll do my best... they said I’d face Minotouro’s opponent. In this case, I’d go up to 205, but only for this fight." HT: tatame

Jornal do Brasil reports that Vitor Belfort has been added to the September 12th Bitetti Combat event in Rio de Janeiro, in a bout against French journeyman Moise Rimbon. Paulo Filho was originally set to face Alex Schoenauer, but is now listed as fighting "Edwin Dweeze." According to Tatame, a public event is scheduled for August 3rd where the fighters will be present and the governor of Rio will announce the complete card. This is going to be an incredible show if all - or even most - of the scheduled fights actually happen: Bitetti Combat September 12, 2009 Maracanãzinho Gymnasium Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Main Card Vitor Belfort (18-8) vs. Moise Rimbon (14-8-3) Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3) vs. Alex Stiebling (18-10-1) Ricardo Arona (13-5) vs. Marvin Eastman (16-9-1) Paulo Filho (16-1) vs. Edwin Dewees (35-13) Pedro Rizzo (16-9) vs. Jeff Monson (31-8) Undercard Luciano Azevedo (15-7) vs. Milton Vieira (9-6-1) Henrique "Chocolate" Nogueira (6-4-1) vs. Eduardo Pamplona (12-2) Cassiano Tytschyo (13-6) vs. Leandro "Batata" Silva (13-5) Leonardo "Chocolate" Nascimento (7-5-1) vs. Glover Teixeira (6-2) Luciano Corea "Yzzy" (1-1) vs. Alexandre "Pulga" Pimental (7-0) Vitor Miranda (4-1) vs. Fabio Maldonado (9-2) HT: PVT Forums