Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

BJ Penn, Wilson Gouveia, Paul Taylor, and Paul Kelly were all awarded $35,000 post-event bonuses from the UFC.
Penn was awarded “Submission of the Night” by default, posting the only submission victory on the 9-fight card. In the UFC 80 main event “The Prodigy” submitted a bloodied Joe Stevenson with a rear naked choke in the [...]

BJ Penn def. Joe Stevenson via submission - Round 2, 4:02
Fabricio Werdum def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO - Round 2, 4:34
Marcus Davis def. Jess Liaudin via KO - Round 1, 1:04
Wilson Gouveia def. Jason Lambert via KO - Round 2, 0:37
Jorge Rivera def. Kendall Grove via TKO - Round 1, 1:20
Antoni Hardonk def. Colin Robinson [...]

The UFC’s first event of 2008, UFC 80: Rapid Fire, took place today in Newcastle, England and featured a 9-bout lineup that included a main event lightweight championship match pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
Continue reading for full, round-by-round coverage of UFC 80: Rapid Fire.

All 18 fighters set to participate in tomorrow’s UFC 80 pay-per-view event successfully made weight at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England earlier today. Tomorrow the venue will host the UFC’s first event of 2008. The 9-fight card features a main event lightweight title bout pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
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BJ Penn (-300) vs. Joe Stevenson (+240)
Gabriel Gonzaga (-225) vs. Fabricio Werdum (+185)
Jess Liaudin (+285) vs. Marcus Davis (-365)
Wilson Gouveia (-145) vs. Jason Lambert (+115)
Jorge Rivera (+235) vs. Kendall Grove (-295)
Antoni Hardonk (-335) vs. Colin Robinson (+265)
Paul Kelly (+180) vs. Paul Taylor (-220)
James Lee (+120) vs. Alessio Sakara (-150)
Per Eklund (+200) vs. [...]

Sherdog’s Gleidson Venga spoke with Fabricio Werdum recently regarding his upcoming bout with Gabriel Gonzaga set for Saturday night. In the interview, Werdum spoke about how Chute Box has improved his “aggressiveness” and that his striking and ground game have improved significantly. He realizes that Gonzaga has improved greatly, but he has also improved his [...]

The UFC’s official preview show for UFC 80, “Countdown to UFC 80 Rapid Fire”, debuts tonight at 11pm ET on Spike TV.
The show will go behind the scenes with fighters from this weekends event in Newcastle, England and will also feature commentary from various UFC personalities.
The show will re-air at 9am on Friday, January 18th, [...]

UFC 80 Rapid Fire will air on pay-per-view this Saturday, January 19th. The event features a lightweight championship bout between “The Prodigy” BJ Penn and Joe “Daddy” Stevenson. Four additional bouts pitting Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Fabricio Werdum, Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis, Wilson Gouveia vs. Jason Lambert, and Jorge Rivera vs. Kendall Grove will also [...]

Weigh-ins for UFC 80 “Rapid Fire” will commence at 4pm GMT this Friday at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. Weigh-in results will be available on MMAFrenzy.com shortly after 11am ET.
UFC 80 features a lightweight championship bout between “The Prodigy” BJ Penn and Joe “Daddy” Stevenson in the night’s main event. Four additional bouts [...]

American Top Team has announced that Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara has joined the mixed martial arts team.
Sakara (11-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has lost three of his last four bouts, all of which took place in the UFC. He made his octagon debut against Ron Faircloth in 2005 but the fight was ruled a no contest after [...]

UFC 80 “Rapid Fire”, which takes place January 19th, features a main event bout between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson for the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. The event is being held in Newcastle, England and will be broadcast live on PPV in the United States beginning at 3pm ET.
Main Card

BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson (Lightweight [...]