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August 3, 2009 Mir claims Torres is the best: Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir reckons Miguel Torres is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Miguel Torres will fight Brian Bowles at the WEC 42 event on Sunday night. When asked if he believed Torres [+] August 2, 2009 White ready to make a deal with Fedor: UFC president Dana White has admitted that he is ready to make a deal with Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko. But White admits it will be hard to agree a deal as the UFC will be forced to [+] August 2, 2009 White happy to have Ortiz back in the UFC: UFC president Dana White has admitted that he is happy to have controversial fighter Tito Ortiz back at the UFC. White claimed the former UFC light heavyweight champion Ortiz would retire in the UFC. “Tito Ortiz is [+] August 2, 2009 Strikeforce in talks with Fedor: Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has admitted that the company is making a move to have Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko feature at their events. Fedor has also held talks over a move to the UFC, but they have [+] August 1, 2009 Henderson to fight Anderson Silva for title: UFC President Dana White has confirmed that Dan Henderson is the next fighter in line for a shot at Anderson Silva’s UFC middleweight title. Henderson had previously been scheduled to fight Rich Franklin at UFC 103, but [+] August 1, 2009 White confirms Affliction signings: UFC president Dana White has confirmed the signing of several fighters from Affliction. Affliction cancelled their Affliction: Trilogy event and ceased promoting MMA events last week. “[We’ve acquired] Vitor Belfort, Paul Daley, Ben Rothwell, Chase Gormley, Dan [+] August 1, 2009 Barnett fails second sample test: Heavyweight fighter Josh Barnett has failed a second-sample test, the California State Athletic Commission confirmed on Friday. Barnett was set to fight Fedor Emelianenko at the canceled Affliction Trilogy event. Barnett has nothing to say to fans [+]