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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“The deal is that I got injured when I was supposed to fight Matt (Hughes) and I got injured pretty bad. I had to come back and work my way back to fight for the title. I lost my title shot and they said okay you lost it and now you’ve got to work [...]

“I was supposed to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 68. But the same evening they asked me to fight him, they texted me and said you’re not going to fight him, we’re going to get him someone else. I think I would have a great chance to beat Matt. I don’t think he should even [...]

“I don’t train for fights. I train for three or four weeks to cut my weight and fight.  I fight guys based on talent.  I don’t fight guys to get in shape and get ready for a fight, which is pathetic for a lot of welterweight fighters. It’s not about the coaching.  We know what [...]

According to a report on FiveOuncesofPain.com UFC 71 competitor Josh Burkman and UFC alum Phil Baroni apparently got into a scuffle at a bar this past weekend. Here’s the account of what happened from Burkman:
“We were dancing up by the table with about 25 people in the same area… I got bumped into his girlfriend [...]

Well as UFC 71 draws near sports betting services are starting to release their preliminary lines for the May 26th event. Here are the odds BetUS.com is offering:
Chuck Liddell (-260) vs. Quinton Jackson (+200)
As much as I would like to see Liddell win this fight Jackson at +200 is a great buy. Even casual UFC [...]

Josh Burkman has confirmed his match against Karo Parisyan at UFC 71 via his myspace site:
I signed the fight today, me and Karo Parysian May 26th at Mandalay Bay in Vegas. Tickets go on sale monday!
Thanks for the support and messages!
JBurk
“peoples warrior”
Not sure if Burman didn’t get the note or if the UFC has changed [...]

Tickets for UFC 71 will be going on sale this Monday, March 26th, to UFC Fight Club members at 1 pm EST. Two days later on Wednesday March 28th tickets will be available for subscribers to the UFC’s email subscribers but for those who aren’t the presale password is “RAMPAGE”. Finally on Friday March 30th [...]

The back-and-forth match rumors surrounding a Chuck Liddell and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson rematch have been confiremed and the match will be taking place at UFC 71 on May 26th according to Jackson’s trainer Juanito Ibarra through Grag Jackson of Sherdog.com.
The match was thrown into questionable status for a variety of reasons including Chuck Liddell having [...]

A UFCJunkie.com report indicates the match between Tito Ortiz (15-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and Rashad Evans (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will no longer be happening at UFC 71 and will instead be moved to UFC 73. This makes UFC 73 looked like an absolutely stacked card with two rumored title defenses as well as this [...]

Even though UFC 71 is still several months away lots of news surrounding the event has been surfacing lately, perhaps most notably the announcement of a match between Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC). Sam Caplan from Five Ounces of Pain and CBSSportsline.com seems to already have his opinion on who will [...]