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1. The Huntington Beach Bad Boy makes his return:According to a report from MMAFighting.com, Tito Ortiz will be making his return from neck surgery this October at UFC 121. He is scheduled to meet his Ultimate Fighter 3 protege, Matt Hamil, on the main portion of the PPV card. UFC 121 airs from the Honda [...]

1. Jake Shields was never going back to Strikeforce: Shields talked to MMAWeekly.com about having no intention of signing with Strikeforce again, saying, “No, I really didn’t have an intention of going back to Strikeforce. It’s nothing against them. I don’t think they’re a bad show. I just think the UFC, it’s the prime show [...]

1. GSP vs. Koscheck happening in December: According to the challenger, the title bout will happen December 11. Josh Koscheck stated on his Twitter account that he “Can’t wait until TUF 12 airs in Sept! & oh ya did u guys know, that I am going to be the next welterweight champion come dec 11th.” [...]

1. Jake Shields officially signs with the UFC: Jake Shields and the UFC have officially come to term. Shields will make his long awaited UFC debut this October at UFC 121 against Martin Kampmann. Shields announced the signing and the bout on Twitter today. This fight makes perfect sense. All the other top welterweights are [...]

1. Fedor doesn’t want to fight Overeem: Evgeni Kogan, M-1 Global Director of Global Operations, told BloodyElbow.com that Fedor wants to face Werdum and will wait for Werdum’s surgery to heal. “[Werdum's] gotta do what he’s gotta do. The rematch will be there, pre elbow surgery or post. That’s what the fans want and that’s [...]

Extended coverage of ESPN2′s MMA Live. Have a look:

Some changes this time around. Yes, I’ll allow Frankie Edgar to hold the top spot just this once. We all know he won’t be there the next time these rankings come out. The colored numbers represent the movement of fighters, if they indeed had any. Red means dropped and green…well, I’m sure I don’t have [...]