Today the UFC officially announced the full lineup for UFC 79: Nemesis. The December 29th card features 10 bouts, 5 of which are guaranteed to be shown on the PPV broadcast.
Main Card

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (Interim Welterweight Championship Bout)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs Rameau Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Soa Palalei vs. [...]

According to a recent blog entry by Canadian mixed martial artist Jason MacDonad the UFC will hold it’s long-anticipated debut in Canada in April – likely in Montreal:
I was told last week that my next fight will be in April. Joe Silva (the UFC matchmaker) told me they want to save me for the [...]

Georges St. Pierre has agreed to fill in for Matt Serra and will fight Matt Hughes on December 29th for the Interim Welterweight Championship in the headline bout of UFC 79 the UFC announced on Saturday. St. Pierre was expected to take on the winner of the Serra-Hughes title match in early-2008 in Montreal but [...]

The UFC is targeting January for the organization’s first ever event in Canada reports confirmed. The UFC has tried on multiple occasions to bring the promotion to the country but scheduling conflicts and other delays have constantly pushed the event back though the UFC now appears set to finally make it’s long-awaited debut in Canada.
There [...]

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 [...]

“Georges St. Pierre is a pathetic liar. He stood up after the fight like a man and admitted he got beat. Now this bullshit? How do you do a total 180? It’s so disheartening. I earned this. I worked my friggin’ ass off for this fight. All I did was give him respect and now [...]

“Well as of now, it looking like Kos is set to be fighting in AUG at UFC 74 and it’s looking like we will be taking on Georges St. Pierre. We have the contract and will be sending it back this week to the UFC! more updates to come in the next couple of days!”
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- There are rumors floating that a U.K. version of The Ultimate Fighter is in the works. A quick search also reveals that versions for Mexico with the UFC and Japan for Pride may also be in the works. I like the shows but how sustainable is this model. Eventually the UFC will run out [...]

I have already mentioned both in my live coverage and UFC 70 results that Matt Serra and Matt Hughes would be coaching The Ultimate Fighter 6 but I think I should dedicate a post acclimating new fans to this rivalry as well as their histories in the UFC.
Matt Serra (6-4 UFC) is probably the most [...]

UltimeFanatic has completed an interview with Stephane Patry, Georges St. Pierre’s trainer. The interview is interesting as it seems to come to light that GSP may have underestimate TUF 4 winner Matt Serra after all. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
UF : Georges mentioned in his post fight interview that he didn’t felt as usual [...]

There are questions regarding Georges St. Pierre’s loss at UFC 69 and whether it truly was a referee stoppage or whether GSP tried to tap out at the same time John McCarthty stopped the fight. Here’s a video of the end of the fight that was magnified but it still isn’t clear. I’ve seen better [...]

In a recent blog post former UFC Welterweight champion and top contender Matt Hughes talked about UFC 69 and possible facing new Welterweight Champion Matt Serra in the near future:
“Also, just got back from the UFC and it was an interesting weekend for the Welterweights. First, Koscheck did a great job executing and sticking to [...]

After Matt Serra’s UFC 69 win against Georges St. Pierre ESPN did the previously unthinkable and showed highlights of Serra’s win. TSN and other sports networks also picked up on the win marking the first time UFC highlights were shown on national TV immediately after an event.
After previous events, namely Randy Couture’s win over Tim [...]

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Figured I’d pass along an interview Sherdog did with Georges St. Pierre after his loss last night to Matt Serra:

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