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July 11, 2010 Lesnar to face Velasquez at UFC 121: UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will defend his title against Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. UFC president Dana White has confirmed the fight, according to MMAFighting.com. Lesnar was expected to face Velasquez at UFC 119, but the [+] July 11, 2010 Daley has not signed with Bellator: Bellator Fighting Championships insists that former UFC welterweight Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley has not signed with the promotion. Reports have suggested that Daley had signed a deal with Bellator. “Paul Daley is not under contract with Bellator,” a [+] July 10, 2010 Impact FC results: UFC veteran Josh Barnett managed to win his fight against Geronimo dos Santos in the main event of the Impact Fighting Championships event in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou managed a first-round victory over Joaquim [+] July 10, 2010 Dream. 15 Results: Shinya Aoki managed to win his fight against Tatsuya Kawajiri in the main event of the Dream. 15 show on Saturday. The event took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Strikeforce star Gilbert Melendez [+] July 9, 2010 DREAM.15 Weigh-in Results: DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri, who make up the main event, passed the weigh-ins on Friday. Jake O’Brien who will face Gegard Mousasi was absent from the weigh-ins and will weigh-in later today. DREAM.15 [+] July 9, 2010 Bisping to face Akiyama at UFC 120: British middleweight star Michael Bisping is set to face Japanese fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 120, according to a UK source that Fighters Only Magazine have talked to. The fight between Bisping and Akiyama is set to [+] July 8, 2010 Shields set to join UFC: MMA star Jake Shields has confirmed that he expects to be officially announced as a UFC fighter in the near future. Shields was released from Strikeforce last week after his contract with the organization expired. Shields told [+] July 8, 2010 Fedor could still join the UFC: M-1 Global president Vadim Finklestein believes the Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko could still join the UFC. There have been plenty of bad feelings between M-1 and the UFC, but Finklestein is confident a deal could still be [+] July 7, 2010 UFC 116 purse payments: Nevada State Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer has released the purse payments made to fighters that took part at the UFC 116 event last weekend. Brock Lesnar was the top earner with $400,000 and the UFC heavyweight [+] July 7, 2010 Velasquez ready for Lesnar: Cain Velasquez is training to be ready for a fight with UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Velasquez wants to be ready for the fight ‘any time the UFC slates it for’, according to a source close to [+]