UFC 97, which is slated to take place on April 18th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, could be forced to change locations due to possible MMA rules changes in the province following last weekend’s disastrous debut of Strikebox.
Sportsnet.ca has details on the changes being considered by the Quebec Athletic Commission: 
Sources close to the [event] say [...]

Cheick Kongo will look to continue his climb up the heavyweight ladder when he takes on Antoni Hardonk at UFC 97: Redemption on April 18th in Montreal, Canada.
Fighters Only first reported the matchup on Thursday.
Since joining the UFC in mid-2006 Kongo has compiled a 6-2 record in the octagon, emerging as a heavyweight contender with [...]

MMAFrenzy.com learned this morning that more bouts have been announced for UFC 97: Redemption, which is to take place on April 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The event is to feature headlining bouts between Thales Leites and Middle Weight Champion Anderson Silva, as well as Former Light Heavy Weight Champion Chuck Liddell [...]

The UFC has officially confirmed that the promotion will return to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on April 18th for UFC 97: Silva vs. Leites.
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (23-4), who is undefeated in eight bouts inside the octagon, meets 185-pound challenger Thales Leites in the evening’s headliner.
Silva captured the title with a first-round [...]

Middleweight Cage Rage veteran Xavier Foupa-Pokam will make his UFC debut against Denis Kang at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada.
MMA Junkie recently confirmed that both fighters had signed bout agreements for the matchup.
Foupa-Pokam (20-8) has not been defeated since a second-round submission loss to Murilo Rua in late-2007, his last Cage Rage [...]

Middleweights Jason MacDonald and Nate Quarry will look to rebound from recent losses and climb the 185-pound ladder when they meet at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada.
MMAFrenzy.com today confirmed the matchup, which was first reported by MMA Weekly.
Though he’s gone just 5-4 since debuting with the UFC in 2006, MacDonald (21-11) has [...]

Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao, Matt Wiman vs. Sam Stout, and Derek Downey vs. Nick Catone have been revealed for upcoming UFC cards over the last 24 hours:

Light heavyweights Houston Alexander and Andre Gusmao will clash at UFC 98 on May 23rd in Las Vegas. After back-to-back knockout wins over Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara [...]

Canadian welterweight TJ Grant has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC and will make his promotional debut in his home country on April 18th in Montreal against Ryo Chonan.
Grant revealed the news in a recent interview with Sherdog.
Grant (13-2), who has fought exclusively in Canada with a variety of promotions including TKO and King [...]

Jonathan Goulet and Ronnys Torres have been forced to withdraw from their upcoming UFC bouts due to injuries.
Goulet, who was slated to take on Tamdan McCrory at UFC 97 in April, failed to be medically cleared for the bout due to a knee injury suffered in his December loss to Mike Swick.
Surgery for a serious [...]

Light heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Brian Stann could meet at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada, though bout agreements for the potential 205-pound matchup have not yet been signed according to MMAJunkie.com.
A cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 8 and veteran of the IFL and TKO, Soszynski (17-8-1) has won his last four-straight [...]

David Bielkheden has announced he’ll return to the octagon at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada against Mark Bocek.
Bielkheden (13-6), who previously announced he’d return to action at UFC 96 in March, debuted in the UFC in the welterweight division but promptly dropped to lightweight after losing to Diego Sanchez at UFC 82. [...]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will look to get back into title contention when he takes on Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada.
UFC President Dana White announced the matchup at the at Saturday’s post-UFC 93 press conference.
Despite losing three of his last four [...]

As we reported yesterday, light heavyweight Keith Jardine has been shifted to UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada where he’ll face off with powerful striker Luis Cane.
MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed the 205-pound matchup, which was first reported by MMA Bay.
Though still considered among the best 205-pound fighters in the UFC, Jardine (14-4-1) has had [...]

UFC President Dana White revealed earlier today that UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir are tentatively slated to meet in April to unify the titles.
“Mir took little damage in his fight with Nog, and Lesnar wants to fight him soon, so April may be the time and place for [...]

The UFC will return to Montreal, Canada on April 18th as Anderson Silva defends his middleweight title against Thales Leites in the evening’s main event.
The event will be the promotion’s second-ever in Canada following the extremely successful UFC 83, which took place this past April and featured Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Serra. 21,390 fans packed [...]