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June 10, 2009 Kongo claims he is the best: Cheick Kongo claims he is the best heavyweight fighter in The UFC. Kongo is eager to prove he is the best by getting a title shot by beating Cain Velasquez at UFC 99 in Germany. It is [+] June 10, 2009 Cro Cop expects support from his fans: Mirko ‘Crop Cop’ Filipovic expects to have most of the fans with him when he takes on Mostapha Al Turk at UFC 99 in Cologne. It has been a long time since Cro Cop has fought anywhere [+] June 10, 2009 White confirms verbal deal with Crop Cop: UFC President Dana White has confirmed that Mirko Cro Cop’s deal to fight at UFC 99 on Saturday was just a verbal agreement. White confirmed on a conference call on Tuesday that Cro Cop does not have [+] June 8, 2009 Shields not interested in fight against Riggs: Jake Shields has expressed that he has no interest in fighting Joe Riggs. Shields was not impressed with Riggs’ impressive win over Phil Baroni and expressed his disinterest in a fight against the ‘Diesel’ at the Strikeforce [+] June 8, 2009 Diaz claims Smith was betrayed: Nick Diaz claims Scott Smith has been ’betrayed’ by his team mates. Diaz managed to beat Smith with a liver shot, three rounds into the fight last night, that allowed Diaz to end the fight with a [+] June 7, 2009 Brown-Faber Fight Reinforces Reasons Why MMA is Great: Mike Brown may be leaving California with the belt, but both he and challenger Urijah Faber have reasons to keep their heads up after their great five-round title fight on Sunday night.  Brown showed that he has [+] June 7, 2009 Shields, Rogers Bring Surprises at Strikeforce: While the Jake Shields-Robbie Lawler fight was more of a “pick-‘em”, I’m sure I’m far from the only one whose predictions were obliterated by Brett Rogers’ swarm of power punches that floored one-time top heavyweight Andrei Arlovski.  [+] June 7, 2009 Bisping signs new UFC contract: British MMA star Michael Bisping has signed a eight-fight contract extension to his UFC contract. The new deal will ensure that UFC President Dana White will keep the kickboxer at the organization for at least the next [+] June 7, 2009 Bisping claims middleweight division has never been stronger: British UFC star Michael Bisping believes Wanderlei Silva’s decision to move down to middleweight has made the division as strong as it has ever been. Silva will fight Rich Franklin at UFC 99, before making his move [+] June 6, 2009 Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields Preview and Fight Picks: As mentioned earlier this week, Strikeforce’s “Lawler vs. Shields” card presents matchups that are either relevant to the world’s top ten rankings, great for sheer entertainment value, or both.  Strikeforce has done a good job picking up [+]