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Whether Dan Henderson will have a signed Strikeforce contract when he appears to work the corner of Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou is another matter entirely. A source close to the situation told Yahoo! Sports on Monday that Henderson had signed with Strikeforce, spurning the Ultimate Fighting Championship, for whom he has fought since 2007. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker on Tuesday admitted to having talks with Henderson, but denied he has been signed. Enter into the fray UFC president Dana White, who had been personally involved in the negotiations with Henderson. White said Wednesday, "I guarantee you 1,000 percent that Dan Henderson is signed by Strikeforce."

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Bloody Elbow's Michael Rome is reporting that M-1 Global and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko filed a lawsuit against Affliction on October 29th. M-1 is claiming that among other things, Affliction colluded with the UFC to cancel "Affliction: Trilogy," which caused M-1 Global to breach several international contracts.

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Brett Rogers is getting ready for the biggest fight of his life, as he faces Russian heavyweight phenom Fedor Emeliankeno in Strikeforce's CBS debut this Saturday. While not many people are giving Brett Rogers much of a chance in the bout, UFC President Dana White isn't one of them. "He's [Fedor] fighting a dangerous guy," White recently noted. "I don't think he's [Fedor] that good, I think he's overrated and I think he might get knocked out." Rogers admitted to being surprised by White's statement, but claims to not care about what the brash President thinks. Wow, I'm shocked to hear that," Rogers told FightLine.com regarding White's quote. "I really don't care what he thinks, but I guess I'll take it as a compliment because, I mean, you know I'm always in it to win it. I'm definitely not one of those guys who just gets in the cage just to get a check. I'm always in it to win it. And let everybody know that I'm going to be the best of the best heavyweights."

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A strange rumor surfaced on Halloween that had many scrambling to find out if Fedor Emelianenko had contracted the swine flu. It all started when someone posted, "Hello everybody/Unfortunately i think that i got the flu, i hope i will get better very soon," the person wrote on what was presumed to be Fedor's Twitter account. We quickly got in touch with Strikeforce executive Mike Afromowitz, who confirmed to us that the rumors were indeed false.

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Ricky Hatton is best known as a heavy hitting boxer who suffered two high profile losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. And now, Randy Couture hopes that the two-time IBF and IBO light welterweight champion will try his hand at MMA, and is willing to train the British professional boxer in ground game if he comes to the UFC.

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