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October 6, 2009 Faber signs new multi-fight deal: Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber has signed a new  multi-fight deal with the WEC. WEC general manager Reed Harris confirmed the new deal on MMAjunkie.com Radio. “I had been talking to Urijah for months,” Harris said. [+] October 6, 2009 Coleman pulls out of UFC 106: Tito Ortiz has revealed that Mark Coleman has pulled out of their fight at UFC 106. Ortiz posted the following message to his Twitter account: “Colman, Colman, Colman to bad he sissies out!!!! Who’s NEXT?” The news [+] October 5, 2009 Anderson Silva Is Ready for Vitor Belfort, What About the Fans?: With recent reports that Vitor Belfort had agreed verbally to a title match with UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva being followed by reports that Silva has also agreed, it looks like we’ve finally got a middleweight [+] October 5, 2009 As MMA Grows, So Does Poor Sportsmanship: Forrest Griffin was recently interviewed about his loss to Anderson Silva and his subsequent jog out of the Octagon. Rather than apologize or admit that he had made a mistake, Forrest Griffin said that he felt [+] October 5, 2009 DREAM 11 official fighter weigh-in results: All the 16 competitors for the Dream 11 event on Tuesday successfully made weight. The event takes place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Dream 11 will be broadcasted via delay on HDNet in North America. [+] October 5, 2009 Varner and Faber expected to return in 2009: WEC general manager Reed Harris expects both Urijah Faber and Jamie Varner to return to action this year. Harris has confirmed to MMAjunkie.com Radio that the fighters have returned to training after being cleared by physicians. “Jamie [+] October 5, 2009 Miller targets early 2010 return: UFC lightweight Cole Miller is keen on a return to the Octagon early in 2010. Miller suffered a disappointing loss to Efrain Escudero at UFC 103. He told FightHype: “I just got TKO’d and I took a [+] October 4, 2009 Doerksen in no hurry to return to UFC: Joe Doerksen insists he is in no hurry to leave Japan and return to the UFC. Doerksen has impressed in Sengoku’s middleweight division, winning four fights in a row, but he is not thinking about a return [+] October 4, 2009 Chou named Strikeforce’s official match maker: Strikeforce has confirmed that Rich Chou has been appointed as their first official matchmaker. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker and American Kickboxing Academy instructor Bob Cook has previously led a matchmaking committee at the MMA promotion. “It is [+] October 4, 2009 White hoping Fedor will beat Rogers: UFC President Dana White has revealed he is hoping that Brett Rogers does not knock-out Fedor Emelianenko when the two meet. White is still hoping that Fedor will fight in the Octagon and face Brock Lesnar for [+]