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July 31, 2010 Couture ready for CroCop fight: Randy Couture would be ready for a fight with Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic, according to sources that Fighters Only Magazine have spoken with. Filipovic said that he would be keen on a fight with Couture in a recent [+] July 31, 2010 UFC to stage fan expo in London: UFC president Dana White has confirmed that the promotion will stage a fan expo in London over the UFC 120 weekend in October. The fan expo in London, England, will be the UFC’s first-ever in Europe. “I [+] July 30, 2010 Emelianenko joins KSW: Russian heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko, brother of Strikeforce star Fedor, has made an verbal agreement to join Polish MMA organization KSW. The promotion has revealed that Aleksander will make his debut ‘soon’, following talks with the heavyweight at [+] July 30, 2010 Couture joins Strikeforce: Ryan Couture has signed a multi-fight contract with Strikeforce and is set to make his professional debut at Strikeforce Challengers 10. The Strikeforce Challengers 10 event is set to take place on August 13th in Phoenix, Arizona. [+] July 30, 2010 Dana White: “Herb Dean is the Best Referee Ever in MMA!” (Video): UFC president Dana White talks about the importance of referees in the cage. He claims Herb Dean is the best referee in the MMA business ever. Do you agree? [+] July 30, 2010 Wanderlei Silva Knee Surgery (Video): Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva lets us into the surgery room in Los Angeles, where he’s about to have his knee ligaments repaired. Wanderlei thanks his fans and friends and says that he doesn’t know when but he will be the UFC champion one day. [+] July 30, 2010 UFC on Versus 2 Main Card: Preview and Picks: When I look at the main card fights for the second live UFC event to air on Versus, the first thing I think is, “Griffin vs. Gomi isn’t the main event? Really?!?” No, it isn’t, [+] July 30, 2010 UFC on Versus 2 Prelims: Preview and Picks: To me, the UFC on Versus 2 card is not so impressive for the top few fights on the card, but for the overall consistency from the opening bout to the main event. On the preliminary [+] July 29, 2010 Strikeforce’s Roster Moves: Crafty or Bush League?: Randy Couture’s son, Ryan, will not have the experience that many first-timers have when he has his first professional bout. Unlike so many others who opened their pro careers in half-empty gymnasiums, on the undercard of [+] July 29, 2010 The Very Best of Chael Sonnen’s Trash-talk (Video): The UFC have been so kind to compile all of Chael Sonnen’s trash-talk about Anderson Silva. On Saturday, August 7 at UFC 117, we’ll find out if Sonnen can walk the walk as well! [+]