Lost in the shadows of Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley Saturday night was a pretty eventful weekend in the MMA community.

Here are a few things I think you should know about:

-Saturday night, Bellator 40 took place and rising MMA star, Ben Askren, remained undefeated with a unanimous decision win over Nick Thompson in the main event. The two-time NCAA champion continued to show dominant wrestling form against Thompson, who was helpless against Askren’s takedown ability. Askren changed levels, worked in some striking, and had the cardio to dominate for 15 minutes. Askren is now 8-0 and, if he continues to develop his striking, he can be a real force in the national picture. In other bouts, Jay Hieron picked up a decision win over Brent Weedman to advance to the finals of the Bellator Welterweight Tournament, where he will face unbeaten Rick Hawn. In the Bellator Lightweight Tournament, Michael Chandler won a decision over Lloyd Woodard to advance to the tournament final against Patricky Freire.

-On Friday night, MFC 29 took place on HDNet and UFC veterans Marcus Davis, Hermes Franca, and Pete Spratt each picked up wins. Davis won a split decision over Curtis Demarce in his first fight after being cut by the UFC. Franca knocked out Robert Washington just 26 seconds into the second round, giving him two straight wins. Spratt pulled off an armbar submission in the second round of his fight against Demi Deeds. The win ended a two-fight losing streak for Spratt.

-Another small show that took place on Saturday was Ringside MMA 10, which had a main event of former UFC middleweights Patrick Cote and Kalib Starnes facing off. Cote prevailed by decision to earn his first victory since 2008 as he looks to fight his way back to the octagon.

-In matchmaking news, both the UFC and Strikeforce have some interesting rumors coming out. In the UFC, Tatame is reporting that Anderson Silva will face Yushin Okami in a middleweight title defense at UFC Rio in August. Okami is the last man to beat Silva, but it was by DQ, back in 2006. Okami does have the style to give Silva problems, but he will have to be more aggressive than he has in past fights. This fight has a lot of people concerned that a Silva-GSP super fight is off. I disagree, but I will discuss that more on Monday.

-For Strikeforce, reports are surfacing that light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson may be in talks to defend his title against Fedor Emelianenko later this summer. A Henderson-Fedor showdown would have been a dream matchup back in the PRIDE days, but these two are clearly on the tail end of their careers. Still, that is a fight I would be willing to watch as I would like to see how Fedor performs at 205 pounds.