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...

A demo for the UFC's anticipated video game, "UFC 2009 Undisputed", will be released on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network next Thursday, April 23rd. According to IGN, the demo will feature UFC 97 foes Chuck Liddell and Maurio "Shogun" Rua as well as a full tutorial on the games controls.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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