courtesy of MMAWeekly.com written by Damon Martin

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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