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July 21, 2009 Bisping targets Henderson rematch: UK middleweight star Michael Bisping admits he is keen on getting a rematch against Dan Henderson, who he lost against at UFC 100 in Las Vegas. Bisping has promised his hometown crowd in Manchester, England, that he [+] July 21, 2009 CroCop expects victory against Dos Santos: Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic has confirmed that he will fight Junior Dos Santos at UFC 103 later this year. The UFC 103 event is set to take place in Dallas, Texas. “To my great pleasure, I signed a [+] July 20, 2009 Dream 10 Parting Shots: One of the better cards of the summer is in the books, as Dream 10 brought a very good night of fights to the MMA world, including a few surprises.  Of course, there were a couple of [+] July 20, 2009 Brown impressed by GSP: Mike Brown has admitted that he was impressed by Georges St. Pierre’s performance against Thiago Alves at UFC 100. St. Pierre managed an impressive victory over Alves at UFC 100 in Las Vegas and Brown does not [+] July 20, 2009 Fedor does not expect to fight in the UFC: WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko does not believes that he will fight in the UFC anytime soon. The Russian claims that the terms put to him by the UFC ‘are not acceptable’, but he admits a fight [+] July 20, 2009 Franklin closing in on new UFC deal: Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has revealed that he expects to sign a new contract extension with the UFC by the end of the week. Franklin held talks over his future with UFC president Dana White [+] July 19, 2009 Bisping, Pearson and Wilks booked for UFC 105: Michael Bisping, Ross Pearson and James Wilks have been tentatively slated to compete at UFC 105 in Manchester, UK. UFC 105 will take place at the 16,000-seat Manchester Evening News Arena. MMABay first reported on the plans, [+] July 19, 2009 St. Pierre will not require surgery: Georges St. Pierre’s manager, Shari Spencer, has confirmed that the UFC welterweight champion will not require surgery on his groin injury. St. Pierre believed he had torn a muscle in his groin during his recent fight against [+] July 19, 2009 Fitch wants rematch with St. Pierre: American Kickboxing Academy fighter Jon Fitch is keen on getting a rematch against Georges St. Pierre. Fitch, who managed to beat Paulo Thiago at UFC 100, was the first man to force St. Pierre to the end [+] July 18, 2009 UFC handed Mexican boost: The Ultimate Fighting Championship was handed a boost with the news of their strong viewing figures in the Mexican market. UFC 100 was aired on Channel 9 in Mexico last week, the debut for the MMA organization. [+]