Mike Swick Will NOT Fight Matt Serra On April 17; But Kimbo Slice vs. James Toney Rumors Continue

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From Mike Swick's twitter account:

Not fighting Serra guys. Most likely having surgery soon. @oxphos Any truth to Serra fight 4/17? Seems unlikely unless ur arm is better

I think this adds to the need for Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama and probably Kimbo Slice.  Carmichael Dave was saying the following on The Underground early this morning.:

James Toney will make his MMA debut April 17th against Kimbo Slice at Vanderbilt Arena in Tennessee. Mike Swick will fight Matt Serra in the main event.

The fight would air on Spike TV, according to the rumor.

With the Strikeforce card happening the same night, in the same state, this constitutes the first real nuclear bomb that Dana White and Zuffa would drop on their organization, should it be true.

I had Yahoo's Kevin Iole on my radio show just a few minutes ago, and asked him about the rumor. His response: "I think you hit a home run with that one, that's what I've been hearing."

I'm still not sure that they'll run with this fight and I've not heard many people say that it's that close to being a done deal.  Regardless, if they do pull this fight off on the 17th it would be stupid for Strikeforce to not move to the 24th.

Look for news on the full card for the Spike show to come together very quickly over the next week.