Your weekly look at how MMA's big-show veterans are doing on the regional circuit.
For this week's look at the continuing careers of UFC, PRIDE, and Bellator veterans, we turn first to Russia, where Absolute Championship Berkut put on its 41st event, featuring a title fight between heavyweight talent Denis Goltsov and former UFC heavyweight title challenger Paul Buentello.
Buentello began his MMA career with a lengthy stint on the American Southwest circuit, during which time he fought Dan Severn, Ricco Rodriguez, and late UFC champion Evan Tanner. He debuted in the UFC in 2005 with a first-round knockout of Justin Eilers and would quickly find himself in a title fight with Andrei Arlovski.