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Announced today during a UFC conference call today, Randy “The Natural” Couture will return to the cage to face Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Not Portland, OR)

The winner will be named the UFC heavyweight champion and take on the winner of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir. Nogueira is still considered the UFC interim heavyweight champion after defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 81 “Breaking Point”.

UFC 91 was rumored to take place in Portland, but the UFC is apparently called on its base city of Las Vegas to host the return of Randy Couture.

For More on UFC 91, check out our UFC Rumors section.

Yahoo Sports is confirming that the UFC-Couture battle could be coming to an end at 3pm EST when the UFC is expected to announce Randy Couture will return to the UFC again to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 on November 15th from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Dana White, President, Ultimate Fighting Championship® will hold a media conference call today to make a major UFC announcement. The conference call will take place today, Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 3pm ET/12Noon PT.

If the rumors hold true, UFC 91 would likely break PPV records with two big draw fighters and the huge amount of media attention the UFC-Couture legal battle has sparked over the past year.

UFC President Dana White’s latest installment of his UFC 88 Video blog. Dana White bring in star power bringing in special guests David Spade and Mandy Moore.

UFC light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva looking to get back in the cage in December.

Interview with UFC light heavyweight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Rua is expected to return to the CAGE at the end of the year.

Preview to UFC 88 “Breakthrough” on Sept. 6 from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

After the public airing of KJ Noons statement to the media, Nick Diaz’s camp responds with a point by point rebuttal to statements made by Noons on the team run website GracieFighter. Some of these are classic, GF- 1) Earth to KJ; you don’t have a boxing career. No one in the boxing world knows who you [...] - [Read more]

Rumored by many sources, but confirmed by the Wrestling Observer, is that former UFC heavyweight champion Randy “The Natural” Couture is in negotiations with the UFC to possibly return and fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 in Portland, OR.

Dave Meltzer confirms the news:

A source close to Randy Couture has confirmed today that Couture is in negotiations with UFC for a new three-fight deal which would end the nearly nine month legal battle between the two sides.

If the deal is closed, and the source said they are hoping to conclude negotiations and announce the match sometime within the next week, Couture would face Brock Lesnar on 11/15, most likely in Portland, Oregon.

Couture was said to be hoping that if everything went well, the next two fights could involve Fedor, Nogueira, and/or Chuck Liddell. However, all previous hangups involving Emelianenko and UFC remain.

UFC 91 is set to take place in Oregon, Couture’s former home state. Couture lived in Oregon as he trained for the Olympics as an alternate on the US Greco-Roman wrestling team. After his wrestling career ended he served as a strength and conditioning coach at Organ State University before establishing the legendary MMA “Team Quest” with partners Dan Henderson and Matt Lindland.

Brock Lesnar vs. Cheick Kongo in the works:

source inside Kongo’s management team has informed MMARated.com that UFC officials have offered Kongo a fight against Brock Lesnar for either November or December.

If the UFC wants me to fight Lesnar, I’ll do it for sure….He showed confidence in his standup striking and completely dominated Heath Herring….. I try to never underestimate any of my opponents but there’s really nothing that worries me too much with Brock Lesnar. I know it could be a tough fight, but, you know, I train hard and I will be ready for this one too. I am hungry.

Comedian and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan documents his trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota for UFC 87.

TG: “Kom34″

Kenny and the guys start off talking about the current financial status of EliteXC. An interview with Rich Franklin. Franklin talks about his next fight with Matt Hamill at UFC 88.

UFC President Dana White has confirmed with Yahoo Sports the UFC’s schedule for the rest of the year and into 2009. UFC 88 in Atlanta on Sept. 6 Ultimate Fight Night on Sept. 17 in Omaha, Neb. UFC 89 on Oct. 18 in Birmingham, England UFC 90 on Oct. 25 in Chicago UFC 91 on Nov. 15 in Portland, Ore. The [...] - [Read more]

Affliction 2 “Day of Reckoning” takes place on Oct. 11 from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV. Headlining the fight will be former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski taking PRIDE heavyweight Josh Barnett.

For the latest on Affliction 2 “Day Of Reckoning”, check out our MMA Rumors section.

The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has announced that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio “Big Foot” Silva has tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his win over Justin Eilers at “EliteXC Unfinished Business“.

Silva, an American Top Team fighter will must serve a 12 month suspension and pay a $2500 fine in order to obtain a fighting license.

Bad news for EliteXC who will have to decide whether to strip Silva of the heavyweight title or just wait around one year for him to defend the title. With EliteXC’s weak heavyweight division, it is a hard to speculate what they will do, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kimbo wearing the belt someday soon.

Wikipedia:

The activity of boldenone is mainly anabolic, with a low androgenic potency. It has a very long half-life, and can show up on a steroid test for up to 1.5 years, due to the long undecylenate ester attached to the parent steroid….The drug is commonly used in doping within bodybuilding, even though this use is illegal. If intended to assist in bodybuilding, the drug is taken as part of a steroid stack of other anabolic steroids, usually with a potent androgen like testosterone as the ‘base’ of the stack.

[CSAC] via [MMAMainia]

That California State Athletic Commission (CSAC):

Edwin Dewees, who last competed on the Roy Englebrecht Promotions event sponsored by Affliction on July 19 in Anaheim, has tested positive for Nandrolone. His test level was finalized at 499 ng/mL. Independent tests were conducted by Quest Diagnostics for the “A” Sample and Laboratoire De Controle Du Dopage for the “B” Sample. He has been suspended for one year retroactive to the conclusion of the bout and fined $2,500.

The Ultimate Fighter 4 cast member has apparently tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone following his loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at “Affliction Banned“. Deweese will be suspended for one year and must pay a fine of $2,500 in order to be issued a license to fight again. This is one of two fighters the CSAC is expected to announce today that have tested positive for a banned substance.

It looks like the UFC wants to gets it newest superstar Brock Lesnar back in the cage as soon as possible. The Pioneer Press is reporting that Brock Lesnar has been asked to return to action in November, presumably at UFC 91. Rumors are that Lesnar will take on French kickboxer Cheick Kongo.

Former Gophers wrestler Brock Lesnar, who is 2-1 as a mixed martial arts fighter, found out this week that Ultimate Fighting Championship would like him to compete next on a November card, but his opponent and site remain undetermined.

For the latest on the developing UFC 91 fightcard, check out our UFC Rumors section.

According to MMAJunkie, former TUF cast member and Xtreme Couture fighter Gray Maynard (5-0) could take on Rich “No Love” Clementi (32-12-1) at UFC 90 on Oct 25 from the Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL.

No bout agreement have been signed, but an official announcement is expected soon.

Maynard, has put together a three fight winning streak in the UFC since leaving The Ultimate Fighter reality show. His last win came by way of decision over UFC lightweight contender Frankie Edgar at UFC Fight Night 13

Clementi also a former TUF cast member has been on a tear trough the UFC, putting together a six fight win streak over tough competitors like Anthony Johnson, Sam Stout, Melvin Guillard and Terry Etim.

The fight should be a good addition to a already stacked card.

According to EliteXC VP Jarad Shaw, Jake Shields and Paul Daley have verbaly agreed to fight at the next EliteXC on CBS show set for Oct. 4 from the Bank Atlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Paul Daley the former Cage Rage and FX3 welterweight champion has been calling for this fight after his scheduled fight on Sept. 20th was cancelled by EliteXC.

“Jake Shields and Paul Daley have a date on Oct. 4….Both fighters have verbally agreed. Bout agreements are out and we’re just waiting for them to come back in.”

Daley will likely prove to be Shields toughest challenge as of yet. The fight also adds some legitimacy to the EliteXC-CBS fightcard.

Shaw also denied rumors that Sean Gannon will be Kimbos next opponent.

“There are several options we’re considering right now. Gannon is not the guy,”

[MMAWeekly]

Chuck Liddell takes on undefeated Rashad Evans at UFC 88 on Sept. 6 from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

The Ultimate Fighter season eight - 32 member cast has been revealed by SI.com. The eight season of the successful UFC reality show will debut on September 17 at at 10 p.m. ET on SpikeTV. LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Jose Aguilar Fernando Bernstein Junie Allen Browning Rolando Delgado Joseph Duarte Charles Diaz Efrain Escudero Brandon Garner David Kaplan Brian McLaughlin Wesley Murch Shane Nelson Phillipe Nover Ido Pariente John Polakowski George Roop Ryan Bader Antwain Britt Jules [...] - [Read more]