Gassaway, a native of Chicago, Illinois, possesses a mixed martial arts record of 28-18-2 and has appeared in the UFC confines once losing to TUF 1 winner Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez. Gassaway’s record includes appearances in organizations such as King of the Cage, World Extreme Cagefighting, and Pancrase while he holds victories over Travis Fulton, Mark Hughes, and Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons.

Gassaway’s victory over Pele marked his debut in TKO and the bout ended in a gruesome fashion. While battling it out on the feet, Pele moved in and attempted a low kick only to have his right tibia and fibula snap. He immediately went down in a heap of pain and Gassaway was awarded the victory on the injury.

T.J. Grant, a native of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, possesses a mixed martial arts record of 11-2. Grant is currently riding a two-fight winning streak and regarded as one of Canada’s brightest welterweight prospects. Grant owns victories over notable names such as Mike Gates, Chad Reiner, and Stephan Lamarche.

TKO 35: Hioki vs. Quenneville will also feature UFC veteran Mark “The Machine” Hominick who’ll be battling WEC veteran Tommy Lee in a featherweight showdown. TKO 35 is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

Ultime Fanatic is reporting that Adrian “The Bully” Wooley will be defending his TKO bantamweight title against The Ultimate Fighter alumni Noah Thomas. Wooley is currently one of Canada’s brightest prospects who holds dominant victories over Guillaume Lamarche, Syd Barnier, and Danny Martinez.

TKO is currently in the hunt for an opponent to face Japanese-featherweight Hatsu Hioki. Hioki was originally set to clash horns with Stephane “Simba” Vigneault but the fight was scrapped when it was announced that Vigneault had suffered a nasty eye injury during training. Hioki, known for his history in Shooto, has fought under the TKO banner twice defeating UFC veteran Mark Hominick in both outings.

In the final title fight, Jesse “Water” Bongfeldt will defend his TKO welterweight title against an opponent to be determined. Bongfeldt, much like Wooley, is currently regarded as one of the top fighters coming of the Canadian stable. Bongfeldt holds victories over notable names such as Sean Pierson, Chris Clements, and T.J. Grant. There were rumors that UFC veteran Chad “The Grinder” Reiner would be the challenger but he may have to wait after dropping consecutive bouts to Dan Hardy, Brandon Wolff, and T.J. Grant.

MMATraining.com is reporting that Hominick will be making his return to “la belle province” for the first time since running through Danny Martinez at TKO 31: Young Guns. His opponent has yet to be announced but it is expected that the bout will headline the October 3rd card.

The card will be telecast on Showtime.

It’s a fight that Shields is looking forward to:

“He’s a tough guy and I’ve been looking forward to fighting him for some time now. We were supposed to fight each other about a year ago so I’m happy it’s now finally going to happen.”

To read the GracieFighter.com report on Jake Shields vs. Charuto, click here.

Verrisimo’s Jiu-Jitsu is world class and Shields is one of the best wrestlers in MMA at 170 lbs. The latter statement is really saying something considering there are so many good wrestlers who compete at welterweight.

If you like knock out, drag out standup slugfests, then Shields vs. Charuto may not be for you. But if you have a true appreciation for ground fighting, this match has a lot to offer.

Here’s what the rumored card on Sept. 15 is shaping up like (note: none of these matches are official):

• Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Robbie Lawler for the EliteXC middleweight title

• Gina Carano vs. Shayna Baszler

• Jake Shields vs. Renato “Charuto” Verissimo

• Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett vs. Victor “Joe Boxer” Venezuela (very tentative)

• Nick Diaz vs. TBA

That’s not a bad card at all. Some really nice matchups.

Also, EliteXC is planning another edition of ShoXC in August. Showtime indicated after the first card that they intended to hold all future ShoXC’s on Saturday as opposed to Friday.

August 25 had been talked about for the second ShoXC but a small promotion you might of heard of called the UFC is planning on holding a match between two guys named Randy Couture and Gabriel Gonzaga (never heard of either) for the heavyweight title. I think it’s very likely that ShoXC will be held on August 24.