The UFC on Wednesday officially announced that lightweight contenders Sean Sherk and Tyson Griffin will meet at UFC 90 on October 25th in Chicago.
Sherk (32-3-1), a former UFC lightweight champion, was stripped of his title following a July 2007 victory over Hermes Franca after testing positive for steroids. The positive test, which was appealed, was [...]

It seems even Mike Tyson can find no love for former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez. Tyson was on hand in Las Vegas along with other notables on Tuesday who witnessed “Suave” box professionally for the second time in his career:
“Earlier in the evening, former UFC heavyweight champ Ricco Rodriguez lost in a split decision. Ricco [...]

The names of several of the assistant coaches for the “Ultimate Fighter 8″ were recently revealed by Tatame.com.
Among coach Frank MIr’s assistants are jiu jitsu champion Robert Drysdale, who won the famed open weight Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2007, and conditioning coach Rafael Alejarra, who has recently served as Wanderlei Silva’s conditioning [...]

The UFC’s year-end event, UFC 79: Nemesis, took place Saturday evening at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 10-bout fight card featured many key fights including the long-awaited meeting between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell and former PRIDE Champion “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva. The event also [...]

Yesterday former UFC fighter Vernon White made the claim that Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before UFC 71 citing his drug-induced stupor on a Texas morning show as well as a close friend as confirmation of a stint in rehab. Liddell’s manager Jervis Cole responded to the report on UFC Junkie:
“[It’s] not true. [...]

Reports have surfaced that Chuck Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before his fight on May 26th against Quinton Jackson where he suffered a quick KO defeat.
Here is the quote from former UFC fighter Vernon White that sparked the resurgence of questions over Liddell’s health and mental focus leading into UFC 71:
“I can’t bad mouth [...]

The official suspensions have been handed down by the NSAC for UFC 71. Here is a complete list of all of the suspension from the event:

Chuck Liddell – Suspended until 7/12; No contact until 6/26.
Ivan Salaverry – Suspended until 11/23 unless right shoulder is cleared by orthopedic doctor; Minimum suspension until 6/26; No contact [...]

Sellout attendance of 14,728 people
Live gate of $4.3 million which is the second biggest UFC live gate ever behind UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz II
Over 3,000 people attended the weigh-ins.
Dan Henderson chose to fight as a light heavyweight in the UFC.
Dana White contradicted Henderson in saying that Rampage and Henderson will both have their titles [...]

Dave Doyle of Fox Sports is pondering a question which raises some very significant concerns fans have had since this past weekends UFC 71 event: Do short main events hurt the UFC in particular and MMA at large?
Here is a list of all the PPV main events from the start of 2006 and how long [...]

The official salaries from UFC 71 have just been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Despite what was earlier reported, Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson were only paid base salaries and no win bonuses. All other fighter were paid base salaries with winning fighters receiving double their fight purse as a win bonus.
The following [...]

Yesterday UFC President Dana White was interviewed on ESPN News talking about the results from UFC 71 as well as the company and sports future. In the interview it is confirmed that the UFC deal for Pride is finally official after nearly a month delay. It was quite obvious when Dan Henderson was revealed as [...]

Among all of the happenings at UFC 71 last night including the major upsets of Keith Jardine and Chuck Liddell as well as all of the stoppages it was no wonder that James Irvin undercard loss caught lost in the action.
Irvin lost to Thiago Silva on the events undercard after he was thrown by Silva [...]

The official fighter salaries for UFC 71 have yet to be released although numbers have been given out for the nights main event between Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson.
With the win, Jackson raked in just short of a half a million dollars, adding $450,000 to his bank account. Despite losing, Liddell had a bigger pay [...]

- During the PPV broadcast it was confirmed that dual Pride champion Dan Henderson will be the next challenger for the light heavyweight title. He will facenew champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at a future event, the first of the UFC-Pride mega-fights.
- Chuck Liddell indicated he will continue to fight while Dana White delivered news that [...]

Quinton Jackson def. Chuck Liddell via KO (Round 1, 1:53)
Karo Parisyan def. Josh Burkman via unanimous decision
Terry Martin def. Ivan Salaverry via TKO (Round 1, 2:04)
Houston Alexander def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Round 1, 0:48)
Kalib Starnes def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. James Irvin via referee stoppage (Round 1, 1:06)
Alan Belcher def. Sean [...]