Georges St. Pierre has agreed to fill in for Matt Serra and will fight Matt Hughes on December 29th for the Interim Welterweight Championship in the headline bout of UFC 79 the UFC announced on Saturday. St. Pierre was expected to take on the winner of the Serra-Hughes title match in early-2008 in Montreal but [...]

Matt Hughes isn’t such a bad guy after all.  The former Welterweight Champion was all class when he responded to Serra’s withdrawal from UFC 79.  Seems like Hughes is taking this very professionally and is patiently waiting to see what plans the UFC has in store for him.  Here’s Hughes’ reaction taken from his official [...]

With the addition of Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei to the fight card the UFC 79: Nemesis lineup is now complete:

Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes (UFC Welterweight Championship Match)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Tony DeSouza vs. Roan Carneiro
Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
Doug Evans [...]

Today the UFC officially announced the signing of “The African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou as well as his UFC debut bout against Lyoto Machida at UFC 79 in December.
Sokoudjou currently has a professional mixed martial arts record of 4-1-0. Following a first-round TKO loss at WEC 24 in late-2006 Sokoudjou rebounded to take the MMA [...]

Update: MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed with a source close to Gamburyan that he will be fighting Nate Mohr at UFC 79 in December.
Rumors are swirling that Manny Gamburyan, the runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter 5, will return to the UFC in December at UFC 79 to take on Nate Mohr in a lightweight bout. It [...]

In a taped message aired during the Scream 2007 awards on Spike TV UFC President Dana White delivered confirmation that the long-anticipated fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva will finally take place on December 29th at UFC 79 in Las Vegas. The bout joins a welterweight title fight between The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches [...]

According to a page on the DirecTV website Chuck Liddell will indeed face Wanderlei Silva in December at the recently announced UFC 79: Nemesis:
UFC 79: Nemesis
A BATTLE YEARS IN THE MAKING
This is it — the biggest fight of the year. Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell takes on Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva. Plus, Hughes vs. Serra. [...]

Today the UFC officially announced UFC 79 “Nemesis” which features a main event welterweight championship bout between current champion Matt Serra and challenger and former-champion Matt Hughes.
The event will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on December 29th. No additional bouts were announced though a lightweight championship fight between BJ [...]

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 [...]

Tony DeSouza will return to the the octagon after nearly a year away from competition to face Roan Carneiro at UFC 79 in Las Vegas:
Tony DeSouza has been slated to face Roan Carneiro in a welterweight bout at Dec. 29’s UFC 79 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. DeSouza (10-3) joins teammates [...]

Earlier today rumors surfaced that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir may square off with Fabricio Werdum at UFC 79 in December. A source close to one of the fighters informed MMAFrenzy.com this afternoon that there is “no truth” to the rumors.
For more on UFC 79 check out the UFC rumors section and the UFC [...]

Melvin Guillard will return to the UFC in December to take on Rich Clementi, according to reports:
Rumors began to circulate about this matchup last week but Clementi just recently got official word from Joe Silva of the UFC that the match is indeed on.
But before he fights Guillard, Clementi will be taking on Antoine [...]

A rumored matchup between top-contenders Cheick Kongo and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will likely be moved from UFC 79 in late-December to an early-2008 card reports Fox Sports:
With UFC running so many shows, it made sense to try and shore up another show with a main-event caliber match. The Las Vegas show already has two championship [...]

According to rumors Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will step back into the octagon on December 29th to take on Cheick Kongo at UFC 79.
Kongo was believed to be fighting former UFC champion Frank Mir later this year (at least if Mir got his way) but Mir’s next opponent is now up in the air.
Update: MMAFrenzy.com spoke [...]

In a recent update Matt Hamill has provided an update on his recent successful knee surgery and a possible rematch with Michael Bisping at UFC 79 in December. Here’s an except from the update:
“While training for UFC 75 I developed a knee issue. My knee would lock up whenever I bent it past parallel. I [...]