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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi met the press yesterday to promote his April 17 fight with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal at “Strikeforce: Nashville” and said he is likely to sign a longterm deal with the promotion afterward. “I have one more fight left on my contract, but we are planning to sign [...] The fight card for this month’s UFC 111 event is once again finalized with the addition of an event-opening preliminary-card bout between Matthew Riddle and Greg Soto. As MMAjunkie.com first reported last week, New Jersey-based Soto signed a deal with the UFC to replace Ricardo Funch, who was forced off the card with a foot cut. UFC [...] It’s two and out for UFC welterweight Frank Trigg after his Ultimate Fighting Championship return. After posting a 6-1 record to earn his way back into the organization and signing a new deal with the UFC in 2009, Trigg was notified on Monday that he had been dropped from the UFC after a knockout loss to [...] Welterweight prospect Charlie Brenneman (10-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has joined his AMA Fight Club teammates Dan and Jim Miller on the UFC’s official roster. Brenneman’s trainer and manager, Mike Constantino, today announced the “Charlie is one of the hardest working fighters here at AMA Fight [...] After hinting at a possible move to a new organization for more than a year, Tito Ortiz didn’t sign with EliteXC, Strikeforce, Affliction Entertainment, the AFL or any of his other rumored suitors. Instead, Ortiz signed a new deal with the UFC in late 2009, headlined UFC 106 in November and then accepted a coaching gig [...] Filling in for injured middleweight Steve Steinbess (4-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC), Jesse Forbes (12-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has agreed to a new deal with the UFC and is expected to meet Nick Catone (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) next month at UFC Fight Night 20. Multiple sources close to the event today informed MMAjunkie.com of the likely [...] Following his UFC 100 knockout victory over Michael Bisping, Dan Henderson found himself in a rare spot for fighters: coming off a UFC win without any contracted fights left. While UFC officials may have thought a new deal easily could be reached, the two sides apparently have very different opinions regarding what the 39-year-old fighter’s services [...] Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (22-3 MMA, 7-2 WEC) has ended all speculation regarding a potential move to a competing organization and has signed a new multi-year, multi-fight deal with the WEC. WEC general manager Reed Harris announced the new deal while a guest on today’s edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio. Harris called in from San [...] Jason Miller (22-6) will fight Jake Shields (23-4-1) on Nov. 7, “Mayhem” announced via Twitter, and the winner is expected to earn Strikeforce’s middleweight title. The fight will be part of a CBS-televised event, which was announced on Thursday as a part of a new Strikeforce-CBS broadcast deal. Current champ Cung Le (6-0), who hasn’t defended his [...] |
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