In a preview article I wrote ahead of UFC 77 I forecasted that Silva v Franklin II would be nothing like the original meeting of these Middleweights way back at UFC 64. Well, I was half-right. It took Anderson Silva twice as long to dismantle his opponent as it did [...]

The Ohio Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for UFC 77. As always these salaries do not include all money made by the fighters and are simply the amounts Zuffa is required to report to the sanctioning commission.
Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin

Silva: $120,000($60,000 base; $60,000 win bonus)
Franklin: $45,000

Tim Sylvia def. Brandon Vera

Sylvia: $200,000 [...]

Anderson Silva was awarded “Knockout of the Night” for his TKO victory over Rich Franklin.
Demian Maia was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his first-round submission win over Ryan Jensen.
Matt Grice’s victory over Jason Black was awarded the “Fight of the Night” awarded.
A reported 16,054 fans packed the arena for an arena record live gate [...]

Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin via TKO – Round 2, 1:07
Tim Sylvia def. Brandon Vera via unanimous decision
Alvin Robinson def. Jorge Gurgel via unanimous decision
Stephan Bonnar def. Eric Schafer via TKO – Round 2, 2:47
Alan Belcher def. Kalib Starnes via TKO – Round 2, 1:39
Yushin Okami def. Jason MacDonald via unanimous decision
Demian Maia def. Ryan [...]

Rich Franklin vs. Anderson Silva (Middleweight Championship Match)

Leland: Silva via TKO/KO – Round 2
Eric: Silva via TKO
John: Franklin via unanimous decision
Derek: Siva via TKO – Round 3
Kris: Franklin via TKO – Round 4

Tim Sylvia vs. Brandon Vera

Leland: Vera via submission – Round 2
Eric: Vera via decision
John: Sylvia via unanimous decision
Derek: Sylvia via decision
Kris: Vera via [...]

Anderson Silva (184.5) vs. Rich Franklin (184)
Tim Sylvia (260.5) vs. Brandon Vera (225.5)
Jorge Gurgel (155) vs. Alvin Robinson (155.5)
Stephan Bonnar (204) vs. Eric Schafer (203.5)
Kalib Starnes (186) vs. Alan Belcher (186)
Yushin Okami (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (184.5)
Ryan Jensen (185.5) vs. Demian Maia (185)
Josh Burkman (171)* vs. Forrest Petz (170)
Jason Black (156) vs. Matt Grice (155)

* [...]

The Canadian Press has a number of quotes from Dana White taken from yesterday’s UFC 77 press conference. During the conference Dana White was questioned about his thoughts on the shocking departure of Randy Couture from the UFC. White admits that he was very shocked, particularly since Couture had signed a new contract [...]

UFC 77 comes into Cincinnati, Ohio for a fight card that doesn’t seem to be too intriguing to the casual MMA fan, but for the hometown fans, it will be spectacular. With many names on the card from the Ohio area, it should be electric in the arena. The middleweight title will be on the [...]

We’re only a few days away from knowing who Wanderlei’s Silva’s next opponent is going to be. A statement released on Silva’s official site reports:
“Wanderlei Silva is once again the special guest to the next UFC in USA. UFC 77 will take place on October 20, when the name of his opponent will be [...]

Another twist now added to UFC 77. According to Kevin Iole’s Yahoo! Sports article, the winner of the bout taking place in Cincinatti between Tim Sylvia and Brandon Vera will go on to face Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira for the now vacant UFC heavyweight title. Toward the bottom of the article Iole [...]

Today the UFC hosted its traditional media conference call in advance of UFC 77 next weekend in Cincinnati. The call featured UFC President Dana White, UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, former UFC Middleweight Champion and challenger Rich Franklin, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia, and heavyweight-contender Brandon Vera.
The following are notable highlights from the call:

UFC [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently underwent surgery for a deviated septum. In his last fight with Cheick Kongo he made comments to referee Big John McCarthy that he was getting too old for this after being kneed twice in the groin. His future with the company remains up in the air. For more on the [...]

Weigh-ins for “UFC 77: Hostile Territory” will begin at 4pm ET on Friday, October 19th at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The event is free and open to the public from 3pm-5pm. The weigh-ins will be streamed online at UFC.com, MSN, and NBC.
For more on UFC 77 check out the UFC rumors section and [...]