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September 25, 2009 White hits out at Strikeforce for signing Walker: UFC President Dana White has blasted Strikeforce’s decision to sign former football star Herschel Walker. Walker is set to make his MMA debut at age 47. White has also hit out at Showtime for engaging in something [+] September 25, 2009 Fedor v Rogers to take place in Chicago: The fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers is set to take place at the Sears Centre in Chicago. MMAjunkie reports that Strikeforce executive Mike Afromowitz has confirmed that the event will take place on November 7th. [+] September 25, 2009 CroCop to continue fighting: Croatian MMA star Mirko ’CroCop’ Filipovic has announced that he will continue fighting for the UFC. Filipovic announced after his defeat at UFC 103 that he was done fighting. “Often things can get on top of you [+] September 24, 2009 Which Fighters Need to Hang Up the Gloves?: It’s always a bit of a risk to go on record as saying that someone should “hang ‘em up”, particularly when you are not an elite athlete yourself.  However, it’s also clear that you don’t have [+] September 24, 2009 Evans wants to fight Silva: Rashad Evans has admitted he would like to fight Thiago Silva next after Rampage Jackson walked away from their planned fight. Reports suggest Evans could fight Silva some time in December or early next year. “Thiago Silva [+] September 24, 2009 British TV star keen on MMA move: Former Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas has admitted he is considering a move into mixed martial arts. The 29-year-old has spent time training at the Wolfslair gym in Widnes, which is also the home of Michael Bisping and [+] September 24, 2009 White hits out at Rampage Jackson: UFC president Dana White has hit out at Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson’s decision to quit the UFC. White has branded the mixed martial arts star ‘a baby’, after the former light-heavyweight champion decided to call time on his [+] September 23, 2009 Huerta not done fighting: Reports suggest Roger Huerta is keen to continue fighting, after previously claiming he would quit MMA and instead become an actor. El Matador is now keen to re-sign with the UFC and continue his career inside the [+] September 23, 2009 Bigfoot Silva could join UFC: Brazilian heavyweight Antonio ‘Big Foot’ Silva has revealed that he is in contract talks with the UFC. The Brazilian (12-1) last fought in the US under the EliteXC promotion, but tested positive for Boldenone and was handed [+] September 23, 2009 Jackson quits MMA: Quinton ’Rampage’ Jackson has made the shock move to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts. Jackson announced his decision in a long blog post, where he explained the fallout between him and UFC president Dana [+]