Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will train with current 185-pound title-holder Anderson Silva for his UFC 99 195-pound catchweight headliner against Wanderlei Silva, according to the Dayton Daily News. According to the report, Franklin will spend some time away from his traditional camp with Matt Hume in Seattle to train with Silva in California.

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.

Once is bad, twice is disgraceful. Anderson Silva has no business wasting our pay-per-view dollars with slack performances. The fact that he is arguably the pound for pound best only makes it worse, not acceptable. My dissection after the jump.

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 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...

Undefeated middleweight Demian Maia will challenge the winner of April's championship matchup between current title-holder Anderson Silva and challenger Thales Leites later this year, likely at UFC 102 on August 29th in Portland, Oregon.

The UFC is planning to hold its next show in the UK “at the end of summer,” according to a Fighters Only interview with UFC UK President Marshall Zelaznik.
Zelaznik also noted that the promotion could stage another show in the country in “early fall”.
The UFC will next return to Europe for UFC 99, which is [...]

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 [...]