Though Anderson Silva's alleged greasing went unnoticed by most fans until after the UFC 97 main event, referee Yves Lavigne not only noticed the Vaseline on Silva's chest and arms but wiped it off and received approval from Leites' corner before starting the contest.

Anderson Silva appears to transfer Vaseline from his face to his chest and arms during his UFC 97 unanimous decision victory over Thales Leites. A video of the incident is after the jump...

UFC President Dana White in a post-UFC 97 interview with Yahoo! Sports: "I can honestly tell you that I’ve never put on an event that I was embarrassed to be at until tonight. I want to publicly apologize to all the fans. I apologize."

UFC president Dana White announced during the post-UFC 97 press conference that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has fought for the last time in his hall-of-fame career. Also announced were the official attendance, gate, and bonus figures for UFC 97.

Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision in the UFC 97 main event on Saturday in Montreal, Canada in a fight that will be remembered as one of the most uneventful in UFC history. In the co-headliner, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua likely retired Chuck Liddell with a first-round knockout.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com's live coverage of UFC 97: Redemption, which takes place today at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The event features Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on its 12-bout card.

Headliners Anderson Silva and Thales Leites and co-main event foes Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua successfully made weight on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal for their UFC 97 bouts. Full weigh-in results for UFC 97: Redemption are after the jump...

Weigh-ins for UFC 97: Redemption will take place this Friday, April 17th, at the Bell Centre in Montreal and will air live on UFC.com beginning at 6pm ET. The venue will then host Saturday's pay-per-view event, which is headlined by Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

The complete fight card for UFC 97: Redemption, which takes place on April 18th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, has been officially announced by the UFC.

Mike Ciesnolevicz has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled light heavyweight bout at UFC 97 against Elliot Marshall due to an undisclosed injury. Stepping in on short notice to replace the injured fighter is Marshall's TUF 8 teammate Vinny Magalhaes.

Chuck Liddell is set to face off against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in Montreal as the main event of UFC 97 on April 18th. Many fight fans have already mentioned their feelings that if Rua doesn't impress at the event, it could be his last fight in the UFC. What most people hadn't considered is that Liddell might be in a similar situation.

The UFC has announced that UFC 97: Redemption, which is slated for April 18th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, is officially sold out less than one week after tickets went on sale.
The UFC’s first trip to Montreal last April for UFC 83, which was headlined by a welterweight rematch between Georges St-Pierre and [...]

Just one day after reaching an agreement to keep UFC 97 in Montreal, the UFC today announced the complete lineup for the event.
As previously announced, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will defend his title against 185-pound challenger Thales Leites in the evening’s headliner while light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua clash in the [...]

UFC 97 will take place on April 18th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as scheduled after the UFC reached an agreement with the Quebec Athletic Commission to ban foot stomps at the event.
Corus Sports first reported the news earlier today.
UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta and vice president for regulatory affairs Marc Ratner traveled [...]