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Live UFC 73 Coverage
Jul 7, 2007 - 10:58 am ET | No Comments

MMAFrenzy.com will have UFC 73 news throughout the day if and when it breaks leading up to our LIVE UFC 73 coverage tonight. Visit MMAFrenzy.com tonight starting at 8pm eastern for up-to-the-minute results from the event.

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UFC 73 Weigh-in Results and Commentary
Jul 6, 2007 - 5:05 pm ET | 4 Comments

All of the fighters made weight tonight in Sacramento ahead of their fights tomorrow at UFC 73: Stacked. The weigh-ins commenced at a little after 7:00 on ESPNEWS and featured all of the main card fighters in a similar fashion to the weigh-ins for UFC 71back in May.
Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz had an intense [...]

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Current UFC 73 Betting Odds
Jul 6, 2007 - 11:57 am ET | No Comments

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The lines for UFC 73 have moved a decent amount over the last 24 hours. Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk has become a slightly greater favorite in his fight while lots of underdogs have had their lines creep down due to heavy betting. Leading the back is Mark Bocek [...]

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UFC 73 Weigh-In Details
Jul 4, 2007 - 9:04 am ET | No Comments

Weigh-ins for this Saturday’s UFC 73: Stacked PPV will take place this Friday, July 6th.
The weigh-ins are free and open to the public like nearly all UFC weigh-ins are. The festivities will begin at 1pm PT (4pm ET) with an autograph session with the actual weigh-ins taking place at 4 pm pacific. The weigh-ins will [...]

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UFC Programming: “Countdown”, “All Access” To Air Tonight
Jul 2, 2007 - 12:00 pm ET | No Comments

UFC 73 Countdown: Sherk vs. Franca will air tonight on Spike TV at 10:30 pm ET followed by UFC All Access: Sean Sherk which will air at 11:30 pm ET.
Countdown is the traditional preview show the UFC airs prior to the events and will predominantly focus on the lightweight title match between Sean Sherk and [...]

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Where to Watch: UFC 73
Jul 1, 2007 - 8:39 am ET | 1 Comment

UFC 73 will air on PPV in the United States starting at 7 pm PT and 10 pm ET. The event includes title matchups between Sean Sherk and hermes Franca for the lightweight title as well as Anderson Silve against Nate Marquardt for the middleweight championship. Also on the card will be Tito Ortiz facing [...]

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Dana White: Tito Ortiz is a Moron
Jun 29, 2007 - 10:55 am ET | No Comments

UFC President Dana White seems to have finally got his thoughts about Tito Ortiz off his chest in a recent interview with Yahoo! Sports. Most recent talk about Tito is because his UFC 73 fight against Rashad Evans is prominently featured on UFC 73 promotional materials as well as on UFC.com. To most it appears [...]

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UFC 73: Jason Gilliam to Fill In for Fickett
Jun 29, 2007 - 10:30 am ET | No Comments

0-1 UFC fighter Jason Gilliam has stepped up to fill in for Drew Fickett on the July 7th UFC 73 according to published reports. His opponent will be Chris Lytle on the undercard of the event.
Fickett was forced to withdraw from the fight several days ago.
Gilliam was defeated in his UFC debut by Jamie Varner [...]

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UFC Roundup: Pre-UFC 73 News and Notes
Jun 28, 2007 - 4:43 pm ET | No Comments

I am a bit behind today on posting news updates to the site so here is a post that is full of news tidbits to digest and get your fill of UFC news for the day:

Italy, Spain, Germany, and France are all being eyed for 2008 UFC events in Europe.
Weigh-ins for UFC 73 will be [...]

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Fickett Out of UFC 73 Bout; Replacement Not Yet Announced
Jun 28, 2007 - 9:57 am ET | 1 Comment

Late last night news broke that Drew Fickett is injured and will be unable to compete next weekend at UFC 73 against Chris Lytle. Fickett was called in to replace Jeff Joslin over a month ago but an undisclosed but recurring injury has now knocked Fickett off the “Stacked” card.
No replacement has been announced.
Lytle is [...]

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UFC 73: Fight Card Officially Finalized
May 31, 2007 - 5:28 pm ET | 1 Comment

Today the UFC offically announced that the UFC 73: Stacked card was now complete, confirming our previous rumors. Here is the freshly confirmed fight card:
Main Card:

Nathan Marquardt vs. Anderson Silva (Middleweight Championship Match)
Hermes Franca vs. Sean Sherk (Lightweight Championship Match)
Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
Heath Herring vs. “Minotauro� Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Alvin Robinson vs. Kenny Florian

Undercard:

Mike Nickels [...]

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Post-UFC 71 Press Coference News
May 30, 2007 - 8:20 pm ET | 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Preliminary Odds Released for 3 UFC Events
May 29, 2007 - 12:10 pm ET | No Comments

June is packed for the UFC with 3 events while July is “Stacked” with the biggest UFC event of the summer, UFC 73. Bookmaker.com has released their early odds for the main events of UFC 72, The Ultimate Fight 5 Finale, and UFC 73.
As expected Rich Franklin is a -210 favorite over Yushin Okami at [...]

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UFC 73: Frank Edgar vs. Mark Bocek Added
May 23, 2007 - 6:00 am ET | 2 Comments

Two undefeated fighters will meet on the UFC 73 undercard as Frank Edgar (1-0 UFC) will square off with Mark Bocek (0-0 UFC) in a preliminary bout.
Edgar made his octagon debut in early February at UFC 67 with a unanimous decision win over Tyson Griffin. Prior to his UFC win Frank had posted a 5-0 [...]

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Nogueira: “I have to thank Anderson Silva”
May 19, 2007 - 2:00 pm ET | No Comments

The UFC’s “big” addition so far this year was the signing of heavyweight contender Antonio “Big Nog” Nogueira. Nog first appeared at UFC Fight Night 9 earlier this year causing buzz that a signing had already happened or was going to very soon. The signing did indeed happen as he was introduced days later at [...]

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