Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi will defend his title on April 17th against rising star Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. MMAWeekly.com first reported on the bout, which has since been confirmed by multiple sources.

Mousasi captured the title with a one-minute destruction of Renato “Babalu” Sobral last August and followed that up with back-to-back non-title wins over “The African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge. His opponent, Lawal, has yet to taste defeat.

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Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski has signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce and is expected to face former EliteXC champ Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on May 15th. Sherdog.com first reported on the signing and planned matchup today.

Arlovski made his Strikeforce debut on very short notice last June, but was upset by top contender Brett “The Grim” Rogers in just 22 seconds. He has lost two straight fights and will be looking to climb back to the top half of the heavyweight ranks in his Strikeforce return.

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Middleweight standouts Dan Miller and Michael “The Count” Bisping are likely to collide at UFC 114 on May 29th in Las Vegas. While it has not yet been officially signed, MMAjunkie.com is reporting that the UFC is working to finalise the fight and at least one fighter has verbally agreed to the bout.

Both fighters are coming off of tough losses and another defeat could end any immediate hopes of title contention. Miller most recently dropped a three-round decision to Demian Maia at UFC 109, while Bisping came up short in his UFC 110 bout with Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva.

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