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Thanks to Shinya Aoki (27-5 MMA, 11-2 DREAM), Shane Nelson (13-5 MMA, 0-0 DREAM) won’t be fighting at…

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Thanks to Shinya Aoki, Shane Nelson won’t be fighting at DREAM.17.

However, his willingness to fight one of the sport’s elite lightweights on less than two-weeks’ notice has not gone unrewarded.

MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with multiple sources
close to the Japanese-based promotion that while Nelson’s contract was
voided when Aoki declined to face him at the event, “The Ultimate
Fighter 8″ cast member was awarded a two-fight deal with the promotion.

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Multiple sources close to negotiations today told MMAjunkie.com that Strikeforce has earmarked July 30 for a major
Showtime-televised event, putting on hold plans for a pay-per-view
event.

However, a heavyweight superfight between Fedor Emelianenko and current
Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Dan Henderson, which has been
rumored as the headliner to a potential pay-per-view card, is still in
advanced negotiations and could headline the late summer event.

A location for the Showtime-broadcast event has yet to be confirmed, though the
Sears Centre in Chicago has surfaced as one possible locale.

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Two former Zuffa talents will lock horns at Bellator 44 in Atlantic City, N.J., as Jeff Lentz squares off with Anthony Leone in a featherweight duel.

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Reports that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will put his belt on the line against Yushin Okami at an August “UFC: Rio” event are premature, sources today told MMAjunkie.com.

They’re “getting ahead of themselves,” one source said.

Before officials consider booking Silva vs. Okami, they are going to wait to see the outcome of UFC 129′s main event.

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It appears the self-professed “baddest man on the planet” is not content to hold just one world title.

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The UFC apparently wasn’t the only suitor of Strikeforce.

ProElite Inc., the once-mighty fight-promotion company purchased for pennies on the dollar in February 2010 by Stratus Media Group Inc., had been in active negotiations with the recently acquired Strikeforce and had met face to face with CEO Scott Coker, sources close to the negotiations today told MMAjunkie.com.

“There were offers made both ways,” said one source.

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UFC light heavyweight veteran James Irvin allegedly tested positive for an anabolic steroid following his loss to Jorge Oliveira at Tachi Palace Fights 7 in December.

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Gabriel Gonzaga‘s first fight outside of the UFC in over five years may be for the Reality Fighting heavyweight championship.

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Karlos Vemola may have to wait a while longer for his sophomore outing at light heavyweight, as the powerful Czech has suffered a mouth infection that may prevent him from competing against Luis Artur Cane Jr. at UFC 128.

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