MMA Weekly is reporting that the main event of the Jan

Russia "We have started to close down production units after thegas supplies to the company were stopped," Neochim, which usesgas for its production process, said in a statement. All supplies of Russian gas via Ukraine to Bulgaria, Turkey,Greece and Macedonia were halted early on Tuesday due to a pricedispute between Moscow and Kiev. Bulgaria's state gas monopoly Bulgargaz told industrialusers to switch to alternative fuels such as oil, and thegovernment urged households to start using other means forheating rather than central heating that runs on gas. Bulgaria, which relies almost entirely on Russian gas forits needs, will be badly affected because, like Macedonia, ithas no access to alternative pipeline routes. (Reporting by Tsvetelia Ilieva, editing by Will Waterman) Russia. Less than a month after Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill making mixed martial arts legal in the state, UFC President Dana White announced the organization will hold its first show there on Aug.

28.The Boston Herald is reporting that the card will be held at the TD Garden.White, who is from the state, has spoken many times of his sincere desire to bring the sport that he loves to his hometown. He had mentioned a possible card at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.UFC fighters Kenny Florian, Marcus Davis, and the Lauzon brothers, Dan and Joe, will most likely be part of the historic event.In a bit of Strikeforce news, the organization has plans for their vacant welterweight championship.Nick Diaz and Jay Hieron were scheduled to battle it out for the right to become the 170-pound champion, but Diaz failed to show up for a pre-fight drug test and that fight was scrapped.MMA Weekly is reporting that the main event of the Jan. 30 card that is being held in Miami will feature Diaz taking on Dream Welterweight Grand Prix champion Marius Zaromskis for the belt.That is sure to infuriate Hieron, who signed with the Strikeforce for the opportunity to fight for the welterweight title.In other Strikeforce news, Five Knuckles makes mention of a possible opponent for their newly-crowned middleweight champion, Jake Shields.It looks as though former Pride middleweight and lightheavyweight champion Dan Henderson will try to add another belt to his collection, as he challenges Shields in April.The yet-to-be-named card is scheduled to air live on CBS, which will mark the second event for Strikeforce on the network.Shields won the vacated title when he defeated Jason "Mayhem" Miller last month during the first show televised on CBS.Speaking of Shields, Frank Shamrock is making waves, telling Fight Magazine that he has nodesire to fight Shields.In fact, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion said that Shields' leg humping of Miller last month killed the ratings for CBS.He also said he would never help Shields make the money that would be associated with a fighter of Shamrock's magnitude.. AMSTERDAM, January 6 /PRNewswire/ Biopharmaceutical Company KiadisPharma focused on the development of innovative cell based therapeutics inthe field of bone marrow transplantation, announces today the appointment ofDr Maarten Egeler as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Egeler is a globalleading pediatric bone marrow transplantation physician and aninternationally-recognized authority in pediatric hemato-oncology.

He bringsto Kiadis Pharma over more than 20 years of expertise in this field.The appointment of Dr. Egeler is an important milestone in thedevelopment of Kiadis Pharma's lead product ATIR(TM) as a revolutionaryapproach to provide safe and potentially life-saving mismatched bone marrowtransplantations as a treatment option for end-stage leukemia patients. Dr.Egeler's appointment will strongly support the upcoming multi-center pivotalstudy on ATIR(TM) early 2009.Dr. Egeler will join Kiadis Pharma part time next to his position as Headof the Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation division of theUniversity of Leiden.

As Kiadis Pharma's CMO, he will oversee all medicalaffairs of the company and he will work closely with the company's globalnetwork of key opinion leaders in the transplantation community on thedevelopment of the company's products."Maarten has been acting as a medical advisor for Kiadis Pharma over thelast year and we are very pleased that he agreed to become our CMO", saysManja Bouman, CEO of Kiadis Pharma. "The depth of his medical expertise inthe field of bone marrow transplantations, his leadership worldwide inhaplo-identical transplantation and his network with key opinion leaders inthe field will greatly contribute to the success of our products and company"."I am very excited to join Kiadis Pharma in the role of CMO. I lookforward to participate in the development of its programs. "I am confident that mybackground in this field within the pediatric setting will be valuable forthe company."For the complete press release please go to: http:// more information please contact:Kiadis Pharma B.V.Eefje SimpelaarDirector CommunicationsEmail: Tel: 31-20-3140250Mob: 31-6-10829344SOURCEKiadis PharmaFor more information please contact: Kiadis Pharma B.V., Eefje Simpelaar,Director Communications, Email: , Tel: 31-20-3140250,Mob: 31-6-10829344. New York Giants Washington RedskinsThe Giants couldn't be facing their longest divisional rivals at a worse time. The Redskins finally rid themselves of the incompetent Vinny Cerrato, replacing him with Bruce Allen. Bruce is the son of Redskins legendary Hall Of Fame head coach George Allen.