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The Portuguese website Super Lutas is reporting that Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will be the first light heavyweight challenger to Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida's championship belt.

Using a language translation tool, the site claims:

The leader of the UDL Mauricio Shogun will be the first challenger to the heading of the half-heavy one of the Ultimate, in ownership of the also Brazilian one, Lyoto Machida. The confrontation was signed in this tuesday, Wools Vegas, when Shogun and its entrepreneur, Eduardo Alonso had waked up the renewal of the contract of the fighter and already they had made right accomplishment of the combat, foreseen for October. The news was confirmed by a on safe source the curitibano fighter. The first challenger to the heading of Lyoto Machida would be Quinton " Rampage" Jackson, but the fighter will assume the command of a teams in the tenth edition of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF-10), what he will postpone its possibility to dispute the cinturão. He is on in the SUPER site FIGHTS for bigger information on the dispute of cinturão between the two Brazilians.

Not the best translation, but you get the point.

According to Dana White's Twitter account, Dana and Shogun met earlier in the day.

The bout will probably take place at UFC 104, from the Staples Center in Los Angeles California. source>>>