The UFC’s first event of 2008, UFC 80: Rapid Fire, took place today in Newcastle, England and featured a 9-bout lineup that included a main event lightweight championship match pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
Continue reading for full, round-by-round coverage of UFC 80: Rapid Fire.

All 18 fighters set to participate in tomorrow’s UFC 80 pay-per-view event successfully made weight at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England earlier today. Tomorrow the venue will host the UFC’s first event of 2008. The 9-fight card features a main event lightweight title bout pitting “The Prodigy” BJ Penn against Joe “Daddy” Stevenson.
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Sherdog’s Gleidson Venga spoke with Fabricio Werdum recently regarding his upcoming bout with Gabriel Gonzaga set for Saturday night. In the interview, Werdum spoke about how Chute Box has improved his “aggressiveness” and that his striking and ground game have improved significantly. He realizes that Gonzaga has improved greatly, but he has also improved his [...]

The UFC has officially announced UFC 80: Rapid Fire which will be headlined by an Interim Lightweight Championship Match between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson. Gabriel Gonzaga will face Fabricio Werdum in the night’s co-main event.
The event will take place January 19th in Newcastle, England at the Metro Arena. No broadcast plan has been announced [...]

Gabriel Gonzaga will return to the octagon in January to take on Fabricio Werdum at UFC 80 in Newcastle, England reports Gracie Mag.
Prior to his loss to Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture at UFC 74 in August, Gonzaga had been defeated just once, losing to Werdum in 2003 at Jungle Fight 1. Gonzaga, who accepted their [...]

Randy Couture will take on Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event of UFC 74 on Saturday, August 25th. The heavyweight championship bout will conclude an event stacked with quality fights. As always MMAFrenzy.com will have you covered from head-to-toe in UFC 74 coverage leading up to our top-of-the-line live results from UFC 74. The [...]

According to published reports the UFC has selected the Mandalay Bay Events Center as the venue for UFC 74 over the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The more intimate venue holds 12,000 as opposed to the 17,000+ capacity of the MGM arena. Both venues were being considered according to MMAFrenzy.com sources with the company ultimately opting [...]

Prior to UFC it was believed Andrei Arlovski would be next in line for a title shot against either Randy Couture or Gabriel Gonzaga following UFC 74 in August but according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times this is no longer the case. Here’s what it had to say:
“UFC president Dana White said that [...]

Just a few weeks ago it was believed UFC 74 would be held in Albuquerque but new information makes it almost certain that the event will be held in Las Vegas. Adding to the legitimacy of the most recent rumored location is that it has been confirmed by UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture as well [...]

Here are the fighter payouts from UFC 70 in Manchester, England:

Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic ($350,000)
Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
Lyoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
Terry Etim ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
Junior [...]

Fighters at UFC events are paid base salaries which don’t include bonuses for fight, knockout, and submission of the night. UFC 70 was no different, giving out three bonus awards:
Fight of the night:
Michael Bisping def. Elvis Sinosic
Knockout of the night:
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (kick)
Submission of the night:
Terry Etim def. Matt Grice (guillotine [...]

Now that UFC 70 has settled in interviews are starting to surface about various things but the biggest topic is Cro Cop’s loss to Gabriel Gonzaga. The LA Times got in touch with UFC President Dana White to get his opinion on the loss as well as Mirko’s contract and his previously destined bout with [...]

You know you want to see it…

**SPOILERS**
UFC 70 is being shown on tape delay in North America on Spike TV. Continue reading only if you want to know the results before they air in the United States and Canada.
You’ve been warned…

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Gabriel Gonzaga via knockout
Michael Bisping def. Elvis Sinosic via knockout
Andrei Arlovski def. Faricio Werdum via decision
Lyoto Machida def. David Heath via decision
Cheick Kongo def. Assuerio Silva via technical knockout

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