UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida will soon undergo surgery that will postpone his immediate rematch with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, according to Yahoo! Sports: “UFC officials have confirmed that Lyoto Machida will need surgery on one of his hands, thus delaying the planned middleweight championship rematch with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua”.

UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua have agreed to an immediate rematch following Machida’s controversial decision win over Rua on Saturday in the main event of UFC 104.

“I thought “Shogun” won the fight. I think there will be a rematch.” said UFC President Dana White at the post-fight press conference. “I talked to both of them and they both agreed to a rematch.”

All twenty-two fighters who will be in action at Saturday’s UFC 104 event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles hit the scales today to weigh in for their bouts. Light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida (202.5) and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5) successfully made weight for the UFC 104 main event, as did co-headliners Cain Velasquez (238) and Ben Rothwell (265).

Anthony Johnson, Josh Neer, and Gleison Tibau were the only fighters who failed to make weight, but their fights will go on as scheduled.

With UFC President Dana White surprisingly absent from Tuesday’s UFC 104 press conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, headliners UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vowed to put their friendship aside and display unique styles in the October 24 showdown.

The UFC will hold a press conference on Tuesday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles to promote its October 24 “UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun” event, which takes place at the Staples Center in LA.

Though most of the focus at the press conference will be on UFC 104, White headed to Los Angeles on Monday with hopes of finalizing a deal with an undisclosed network to air a November event headlined by BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian. If finished, the deal could be announced as early as today.

The UFC on Monday officially announced “UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun,” the promotion’s long-rumored event which is set to take place on October 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida will defend his title against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the pay-per-view headliner, while a heavyweight matchup between Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell was also confirmed for the card.

During Saturday’s broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, UFC President Dana White announced that former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort could soon return to the UFC and challenge UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

As a guest on “Inside the Octagon” hosted by TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah, White also confirmed that light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida will defend his title on October 24 in Los Angeles against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and maintained that he’d prefer Chuck Liddell retire, though the most surprising news was the announcement that Belfort may again be competing inside the Octagon.

A rumored bout between UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will not headline UFC 103 in September and is now expected to take place at UFC 104 in October, according to Super Lutas, who reports that Rua has agreed to the October matchup.

On Thursday afternoon news broke that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had passed on a title bout against Lyoto Machida to take on Rashad Evans later this year, likely at the UFC's year-end show in late-December. Now, according to rumors, Machida could meet Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in September in the main event of UFC 103.

Following his first-round knockout of Chuck Liddell on Saturday at UFC 97, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua recently told Tatame that he'd like to rematch Forrest Griffin, who defeated Rua via third-round submission in his September 2007 UFC debut, in his next bout.

Four of the most popular and accomplished champions in mixed martial arts, Dan Henderson, Cung Le, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Matt Serra, have partnered with Round 5, the leading producer of MMA collectibles, to create figurines that will be included in an expanded Series 4, it was announced today by Barron Lau, Round 5 CEO and co-founder and Damon Lau, president and co-founder.

I’ve said my piece on Chuck Liddell and Anderson Silva in the wake of UFC 97, but have yet to discuss the counterpart in Saturday nights co-main event who absolutely deserves a mention. That person is Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, the man who literally knocked Chuck Liddell into retirement at the Bell Centre last weekend.

UFC president Dana White announced during the post-UFC 97 press conference that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has fought for the last time in his hall-of-fame career. Also announced were the official attendance, gate, and bonus figures for UFC 97.

Headliners Anderson Silva and Thales Leites and co-main event foes Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua successfully made weight on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal for their UFC 97 bouts. Full weigh-in results for UFC 97: Redemption are after the jump...

Chuck Liddell is set to face off against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in Montreal as the main event of UFC 97 on April 18th. Many fight fans have already mentioned their feelings that if Rua doesn't impress at the event, it could be his last fight in the UFC. What most people hadn't considered is that Liddell might be in a similar situation.