UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (20-4) and the UFC have reportedly held discussions on Silva moving up to the 205-pound light heavyweight division and making his debut at the new weight at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported the news late yesterday on the heels of UFC President [...]

UFC President Dana White was questioned in a recent interview with ESPN The Magazine about the much-talked about “superfights” between the champions of two different weight classes, most notably BJ Penn, the UFC’s lightweight champion, versus Georges St-Pierre, the promotion’s welterweight champ, and St-Pierre versus Anderson Silva, the UFC’s dominant middleweight champion.
White openly discussed the [...]

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira have both relocated from Brazil to Miami to open an MMA academy in the city, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Nogueira and Silva will train together at the new facility, dubbed the “Nogueira and Silva Mixed Martial Arts Academy”, while also offering seminars and [...]

Matt Hughes believes he will finally face Matt Serra sometime in the next six to eight months, though the bout remains unconfirmed at this time.
Former UFC fighter and wrestling stand out Matt Lindland has announced that his next fight will be on July 19, for the upstart MMA promotion backed by “Affliction.” Lindland [...]

“I’ve been thinking about it. It’s going to depend on the scenario. I have a lot of training partners at 185 and my weight class is 170. I would never get into the way of one of my training partners. I would never fight somebody I train with. But if one day, I have the [...]

Recently, there has been a lot of chatter from both Anderson Silva and Roy Jones Jr. about making a boxing match between the two a reality. However it now appears that the rumored bout will never happen, so long as UFC President Dana White has anything to do with it. [...]

All ten tested fighters from UFC 82 on March 2nd in Columbus, Ohio have tested clean for steroids and drugs of abuse according to MMA Junkie.
The Ohio Athletic Commission only conducted tests for steroids and drugs of abuse on winning fighters from the event.
Tested fighters were Anderson Silva, Heath Herring, Chris Leben, Yushin Okami, Jon [...]

Preliminary talks are underway for a 2008 boxing match between popular boxer Roy Jones Jr. and current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, according to an NBC Sports report:
Representatives of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and boxing great Roy Jones Jr. are actively engaging in talks that would pit the two in a boxing match, NBCSports.com [...]

In a recent interview with Sherdog.com, Anderson Silva and Ed Soares (Silva’s manager) shed some light on Silva’s previous disqualification loss to Yushin Okami, a potential professional boxing crossover, and of course, the defeat of Dan Henderson at UFC 82:
“He really wasn’t able to do anything once he took me down, and that’s what everybody [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has obtained the official fighter salaries for UFC 82 as reported to the Ohio Athletic Commission by the UFC. The mandatory figures reported to the athletic commission include base salaries and win bonuses but do not include fees, other bonuses, and sponsor payments.

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson
Silva — $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
Henderson — $100,000
Heath [...]

UFC President Dana White announced during the post-UFC 82 press conference that Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, and Chris Leben won the traditional post-event bonuses for the pay-per-view event.
Silva was awarded a $60,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus for his second-round rear naked choke submission of Henderson as well as a $60,000 “Fight of the Night” [...]

Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson via submission – Round 2, 4:52
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo via split decision
Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara via TKO – Round 1, 3:16
Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner via KO – Round 2, 3:00
Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson via unanimous decision
Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien via TKO – Round [...]

Dan Henderson (184.5) vs. Anderson Silva (185)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Heath Herring (248) vs. Cheick Kongo (233.5)
Yushin Okami (184.5) vs. Evan Tanner (185)
Chris Wilson (169.5) vs. Jon Fitch (170)
Alessio Sakara (185) vs. Chris Leben (185)
Jake O’Brien (231.5) vs. Andrei Arlovski (241)
Luigi Fioravanti (170.5) vs. Luke Cummo (170)
Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. [...]

Earlier today the UFC updated the official UFC 82 “Pride of a Champion” fight card on UFC.com, confirming the majority of the previously rumored bouts for the event with the lone-exception being Chris Leben versus Alessio Sakara. If the lone-remaining rumored bout is confirmed for the event, UFC 82 will be the first of back-to-back [...]

At the post-UFC 78 press conference it was announced that Dan Henderson will return to the octagon in March to take on middleweight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 82 in Columbus, Ohio.
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