Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell will not be in another match for the light heavyweight title until he beats Keith Jardine at UFC 76 as well as another opponent. The news comes directly from UFC President Dana White himself who delivered the news through Brawl Sports:
“Chuck would have to win one more fight. [...]

According to a recent report former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell was asked to choose from Keith Jardine, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Kazuhiro Nakamura, and Lyoto Machida. Liddell reportedly opted for Jardine based on his popularity but I’m sure his quick KO loss to Houston Alexander at UFC 71 helped make up his mind. Here [...]

The on again, off again saga that has become the Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva fight may have finally reached a disappointing resolution. Kevin Iole from Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the dream MMA matchup between Silva and Liddell is off and unlikely to ever happen. The fight was to headline UFC 76 in Anaheim, [...]

Yesterday former UFC fighter Vernon White made the claim that Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before UFC 71 citing his drug-induced stupor on a Texas morning show as well as a close friend as confirmation of a stint in rehab. Liddell’s manager Jervis Cole responded to the report on UFC Junkie:
“[It’s] not true. [...]

Reports have surfaced that Chuck Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before his fight on May 26th against Quinton Jackson where he suffered a quick KO defeat.
Here is the quote from former UFC fighter Vernon White that sparked the resurgence of questions over Liddell’s health and mental focus leading into UFC 71:
“I can’t bad mouth [...]

According to sources former Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva has been training in recent weeks with Randy Couture. Several weeks ago following Chuck Liddell’s loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson it was announced that Silva would face the former light heavyweight later this year in a match that has been rumored by the [...]

The official suspensions have been handed down by the NSAC for UFC 71. Here is a complete list of all of the suspension from the event:

Chuck Liddell – Suspended until 7/12; No contact until 6/26.
Ivan Salaverry – Suspended until 11/23 unless right shoulder is cleared by orthopedic doctor; Minimum suspension until 6/26; No contact [...]

Sellout attendance of 14,728 people
Live gate of $4.3 million which is the second biggest UFC live gate ever behind UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz II
Over 3,000 people attended the weigh-ins.
Dan Henderson chose to fight as a light heavyweight in the UFC.
Dana White contradicted Henderson in saying that Rampage and Henderson will both have their titles [...]

The official salaries from UFC 71 have just been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Despite what was earlier reported, Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson were only paid base salaries and no win bonuses. All other fighter were paid base salaries with winning fighters receiving double their fight purse as a win bonus.
The following [...]

Yesterday UFC President Dana White was interviewed on ESPN News talking about the results from UFC 71 as well as the company and sports future. In the interview it is confirmed that the UFC deal for Pride is finally official after nearly a month delay. It was quite obvious when Dan Henderson was revealed as [...]

The official fighter salaries for UFC 71 have yet to be released although numbers have been given out for the nights main event between Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson.
With the win, Jackson raked in just short of a half a million dollars, adding $450,000 to his bank account. Despite losing, Liddell had a bigger pay [...]

Quinton Jackson def. Chuck Liddell via KO (Round 1, 1:53)
Karo Parisyan def. Josh Burkman via unanimous decision
Terry Martin def. Ivan Salaverry via TKO (Round 1, 2:04)
Houston Alexander def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Round 1, 0:48)
Kalib Starnes def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva def. James Irvin via referee stoppage (Round 1, 1:06)
Alan Belcher def. Sean [...]

Aside from the shocking Diego Sanchez news I reported earlier this morning, Dana White also gave us lots of other interesting UFC news to report during the call:

The UFC is apparently in active negotiations with pro wrestler Kurt Angle and commented that he would love to have Brock Lesnar as well.
Anticipates the UFC will have [...]

Top online betting website Bodog.com has just began to roll out their odds for this weekends UFC 71 event. In the past the website has done straight odds for the fights but they appear to be adding a new format as well, although the actual odds haven’t been added to the website yet.
The new form [...]

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from readers is “when is Vera going to be fighting again” and coming in a close second is “who will he fight when he returns”. Although nothing is official at this point it appears that the answer to the first question is August.
A recent piece about [...]