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Jake Shields, Jon Fitch to fight for the vacant WSOF welterweight title in April

The World Series of Fighting welterweight title won't be vacant anymore come spring.

Jake Shields and Jon Fitch, two of the top 170-pounders in the world over the better part of the last decade, will meet with the belt on the line at a WSOF event April 1, president Ray Sefo announced Friday night on Inside MMA. Sefo did not give a location for the bout, but added that the co-main event of the card will be a middleweight title fight pitting champion David Branch against Clifford Starks.