Top 10 lightweight, Joachim Hansen, will be making the drop to featherweight to take on Dream Champion, Bibiano Fernandez. Hansen is well known for his devastating kickboxing, while BJJ black belt, Fernandez, has shown a strong willingness to stand and bang. This should be a very exciting, all out brawl, that could become a contender for fight of the year. This fight is reportedly agreed upon, for Dream 13, which is rumored to be happening in March. The card would be televised on HDNet and would be the promotion's first show of 2010. Stay tuned for more details and announcements as they become available!

(MMA Mania)

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With many big name fighters returning from absences, promotions are scrambling to make room for them on fight cards.

Some are back and healthy, some are newly injured and others are just making moves to new weight classes, old weight classes and different promotions.

Find out who is coming, who is going and what in the MMA world is going on, after the jump!

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Ok, so it hasn't been that long since we saw him fight, but with all the drama surrounding the UFC heavyweight champ and his illness, this is a little surprising.

Brock Lesnar and UFC president, Dana White, took to the ESPN airwaves this morning and announced that the massive fighter has been given medical clearance and is expected back in the octagon sometime this Summer.

Brock will face the winner of the Frank Mir vs Shane Carwin interim title fight, to unify the belt. However, if that fighter is unable to return to action this Summer, due to injury or illness, Lesnar may face the winner of the Cain Velasquez vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira match.

No matter the result or the match up, this is great news, as Brock has been rumored to be at various stages of illness, including career ending and life threatening.

Welcome back Champ!

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Check out the card so far and other fight news, after the jump!

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Have a look what the UFC paid out to the fighters at Monday night's SpikeTV broadcast of Fight Night 20. Chris Leben heads the list, even though his under card victory didn't make the televised portion of the night. Pretty good paydays for some of the guys, but I bet the WEC fighters would like the same!

Ultimate Fight Night 20 salary and bonuses:

Gray Maynard: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Nate Diaz: $24,000

Evan Dunham: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) + $30,000 submission of the night
def. Efrain Escudero: $15,000

Aaron Simpson: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) + $30,000 fight of the night
def. Tom Lawlor: $10,000 + $30,000 fight of the night

Amir Sadollah: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Brad Blackburn: $13,000

Chris Leben: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
def. Jay Silva: $6,000

Rick Story: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Jesse Lennox: $7,000

Thiago Tavares: $15,000*
vs. Nick Lentz: $7,000*

Rory MacDonald: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Mike "Joker" Guymon: $6,000

Rafael dos Anjos: $16000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Kyle Bradley: $8,000

Gerald Harris: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) + $30,000 knockout of the night
def. John Salter: $6,000

Nick Catone: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)
def. Jesse Forbes: $6,000

Salary figures from MMAJunkie.

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Gray Maynard has been mentioned a lot when it comes to lightweight title shots. He must be the next fight for champ, BJ Penn? Right?

See who will be facing BJ in Abu Dahbi, other fight announcements, news and rumors, all after the jump!

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