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UFC Officially Announces Remaining Bouts For UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”
Jun 28, 2008 - 4:47 pm ET | 33 Comments

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization today announced the remaining fights for the upcoming UFC 86: JACKSON vs. GRIFFIN which features opposing coaches for The Ultimate Fighter Season 7, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and the winner of the first-ever season of The Ultimate Fighter, Forrest Griffin. The Ultimate Fighting Championship organization presents [...]

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Saunders-Rollins Moved To UFC 87
Jun 13, 2008 - 6:00 am ET | 12 Comments

An announced bout between “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ castmembers Ben Saunders and Jared Rollins has been moved from UFC 86, on July 5th, to the undercard of UFC 87.
The transfer was recently made on the official fight cards for the pay-per-view events.
UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” takes place on August 9th at the Target Center [...]

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Gabriel Gonzaga Versus Justin McCully At UFC 86
Jun 5, 2008 - 3:20 pm ET | 16 Comments

Former UFC heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga (8-3) will return to the octagon on July 5th against Justin McCully (8-3-2) at UFC 86 in Las Vegas.
The bout was reported earlier this week by MMAJunkie.com.
Gonzaga rose up the UFC heavyweight ranks with wins over Kevin Jordan, Fabiano Scherner, and Carmelo Marrero and earned a bout with Mirko [...]

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Frank Mir vs. Justin McCully Removed From Official UFC 86 Fight Card
Apr 25, 2008 - 5:00 am ET | 9 Comments

A long-rumored heavyweight showdown between former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and Justin McCully has been removed from the official UFC 86 fight card. No official announcement has yet been made by the UFC regarding the bout being dropped.
Regardless, reports of Mir appearing opposite current interim UFC heavyweight title holder Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira as coaches [...]

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UFC 86: Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Apr 24, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 8 Comments

A lightweight bout pitting The Ultimate Fighter 5 cast member Cole Miller (13-3, 2-1 UFC) against The Ultimate Fighter 2’s Jorge Gurgel (12-3, 3-2 UFC) has been booked for UFC 86 according to the official fight card for the event.
UFC 86 takes place July 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Event Center [...]

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UFC 86: Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
Apr 11, 2008 - 12:12 pm ET | 7 Comments

The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas will play host to UFC 86 where two of the most memorable fighters from “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ will meet head to head. Alongside the main event, light heavyweight championship bout between Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin, according to MMA Junkie, Jared “J-Roc” Rollins will face off [...]

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UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin” Officially Announced
Apr 6, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 15 Comments

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”, which will take place on July 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The pay-per-view event will be headlined by “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ coach and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and fellow-coach and former “Ultimate Fighter” [...]

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Dana White Supports Underage MMA
Mar 31, 2008 - 2:15 pm ET | 19 Comments

CBS’s Early Show recently aired a segment that uncovered the sad truth about children as young as six not only training, but competing in full on mixed martial arts bouts. Interestingly enough, UFC President Dana White appeared on the segment and defended the practice, rather than reprimanding it. Instead of taking the high [...]

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UFC 86: Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Mar 31, 2008 - 8:50 am ET | 2 Comments

Rising UFC middleweights Patrick Cote and Ricardo Almeida will square off on the main card of UFC 86 on July 5th according to The Fight Network, who confirmed the bout with Cote’s training partner and former UFC fighter David Loiseau.
Cote (12-4, 3-4 UFC) started his UFC career with four straight octagon losses to Tito Ortiz, [...]

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Tibau, Miller, Saunders, and Bruno Added to UFC 86 Fight Card
Mar 25, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | No Comments

American Top Team fighters Gleison Tibau, Cole Miller, Ben Saunders, and UFC newcomer Steve Bruno have all been added to the UFC 86 fight card, the MMA team has announced.
The July 5th event, which is tentatively set for the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, will feature a main event light heavyweight championship bout [...]

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Upcoming UFC Events
Mar 22, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 2 Comments

April 2nd – UFC Fight Night 13
April 19th – UFC 83
May 24th – UFC 84
June 14th – UFC 85
June 21st – The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale
July 5th – UFC 86
August 7th – UFC 87

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Jackson vs. Griffin To Take Place On July 5th [UFC 86]
Mar 4, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 41 Comments

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will finally face off against Forrest Griffin at UFC 86 on July 5th in Las Vegas, according to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Assuming the fight announcement holds true, by the time we see Rampage and Griffin meet in the octagon it will be about ten months since either last competed. [...]

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Roundup: Post-UFC 80 News and Notes
Jan 21, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET | 7 Comments

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 [...]

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