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July 17, 2010 Blackledge looking forward to UFC debut: Tom Blackledge is looking forward to his UFC debut against James McSweeney at the O2 in London. Blackledge and McSweeney did both feature at The Ultimate Fighter 10 series together. Blackledge told Fighters Only Magazine: “Fantastic, I’m [+] July 17, 2010 Shields yet to sign with UFC: UFC president Dana White insists that Jake Shields has not come to terms with the UFC. “Not true,” White wrote via text to MMA Fighting when asked to confirm the Shields signing. Graciefighter.com reported on late Thursday [+] July 15, 2010 Melendez wants to see Shields fight St-Pierre: Strikeforce star Gilbert Melendez has admitted he would like to see his longtime teammate and training partner Jake Shields fight Georges St-Pierre. Shields has left Strikeforce and is expected to join the UFC in the neat future. [+] July 15, 2010 UFC to return to Australia in 2011: UFC president Dana White has confirmed that the Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Australia next year. The UFC hosted the UFC 110 event in Australia on February 21 and the event was branded as a success [+] July 14, 2010 Strikeforce hints at fight between Lashley and Batista: Strikeforce have confirmed that they could include a bout between Bobby Lashley and Dave Batista in their first-ever pay per view card. Reports have linked Batista with a move to MMA and Strikeforce have confirmed their interest. [+] July 14, 2010 Wilks to face Patrick at UFC 120: James Wilks is set to face Claude Patrick at UFC 120 in London in October, according to recent reports. Wilks was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter season nine and is a British welterweighter. Long-time MMA commentator [+] July 13, 2010 Kimbo could fight Pudzianowski in October: The Moosin promotion has revealed that Kimbo Slice could feature in the main event against Mariusz Pudzianowski in an upcoming event. Moosin executive Corey Fischer has confirmed their plans to hold an event on October 9, which [+] July 13, 2010 Franklin could return in December: Rich Franklin’s manager has admitted that the former middleweight champion could return in December or January. It was feared that Franklin had broken his arm in his win over Chuck Liddell at UFC 115. “He needed to [+] July 12, 2010 Daley deny Bellator rumours: Former UFC star Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley has denied rumours that he has agreed a deal with Bellator FC. Reports last week suggested that Daley had signed a deal and would take part in an upcoming eight-man welterweight [+] July 12, 2010 Wanderlei Silva inspired by Shogun: UFC middleweight star Wanderlei Silva has revealed he has been inspired by UFC light-heavyweight champion Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua. The two fighters were training partners at Chute Boxe some time ago. “Before, he was known as the [+]