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Shields confirmed the signing exclusively with MMAWeekly.com on Monday.

The deal to get Shields into the UFC has been expected for some time now, but it was just a matter of getting the right deal done, and it has now been signed, sealed and delivered.

Shields left his Strikeforce middleweight championship behind, riding a 14-fight winning streak into the Octagon.

Shields also confirmed previous reports that he will indeed drop back down to the welterweight division, after spending the last three fights at 185 pounds while in Strikeforce.

His first fight will be at UFC 121 in Anaheim, Calif., against Top 10 welterweight Martin Kampmann, who last fought in June, winning a unanimous decision over Paulo Thiago.

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Ever since Frank Mir beat Nogueira for the (interim) heavyweight title in 2008, Minotauro has asked me for this rematch because he wants to prove that the first fight was a fluke, said UFC President Dana White.

On September 25, he gets his wish, and I dont think theres any fighter more motivated than he is to even the score. As for Frank Mir, he wants to get back in the title picture, and if I know him, he was the first man to knock Nogueira out at UFC 92, and now hell want to be the first man to make him tap out.

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UFC 116 RESULTS:

MAIN BOUTS (On Pay-Per-View):
-Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin by Submission (Arm Triangle) at 2:19, R2
-Chris Leben def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by Submission (Triangle Choke) at 4:40, R3
-Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown by Submission (Armbar) at 2:02, R2
-Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski by TKO (Strikes) at 3:08, R2
-George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28), R3

PRELIMINARY BOUTS (On Spike TV):
-Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer by TKO (Strikes) at 1:07, R3
-Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli by Submission (Armbar) at 3:05, R2

PRELIMINARY BOUTS (Non-Televised):
-Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic by Split Decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28), R3
-Gerald Harris def. David Branch by KO (Slam) at 2:35, R3
-Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28), R3
-Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), R3

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Weigh-In results courtesy of MMAWeekly.com

UFC 106 OFFICIAL WEIGH-INS: MAIN CARD
Shane Carwin (265) vs. Brock Lesnar (265)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (185) vs. Chris Leben (186)
Krzysztof Soszynski (205) vs. Stephan Bonnar (205)
George Sotiropoulos (156) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155)
Chris Lytle (170) vs. Matt Brown (171)

SPIKE TV PRELIMINARY CARD:
Brendan Schaub (238) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (255)
Seth Petruzelli (205) vs. Ricardo Romero (206)

UNTELEVISED PORTION OF UFC 116:
Kendall Grove (184) vs. Goran Reljic (186)
Gerald Harris (185) vs. Dave Branch (185)
Daniel Roberts (169) vs. Forrest Petz (170)
Jon Madsen (254) vs. Karlos Vemola (222)

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