Top light heavyweight and TUF 3 winner Michael Bisping will face another TUF 3 castmember, Matt Hammill, when the UFC returns to England later this year. The event will prominently feature European fighters including Bisping, who is from the country.
Bisping rose to fame after appearing on the reality show eventually winning the light heavyweight competition [...]

European born UFC fighter Alessio Sakara will return to the UFC this September at UFC 75 in London. Sakara, born in Italy, last fought at the UFC’s first trip of England this year, UFC 70.
The Italian fighter has been average in the UFC so far. He debuted at UFC 55 in 2005 posting a draw [...]

UFC 75 will be in London, England on September, 8th MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed. It is currently scheduled to be held at the O2 Arena. The venue will host several NHL games later this year and is one of the planned venues for the 2012 Olympics. The venue is estimated to hold 20,000+ spectators, although the [...]

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 [...]

UFC’s return to England was nothing short of extremely successful as the event was attended by a sellout crowd of 14,921 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. Also, the gate for the event was a reported $2.6 million. Merchandise sales were also very successful.
These numbers are extremely imresive given it was the most recent foray [...]

Michael Bisping when asked if he was ready for a title shot:
“Once I get a bit of time, keep winning, do what I can. That’s [a title shot] what I want though.”
Dana White on the possibility of a Michael Bisping vs. Chuck Liddell matchup:
“I don’t think anybody is too excited to fight Chuck Liddell these [...]

**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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The odds have started to roll out for UFC 70 on all of the internet betting sites and that means its time to put your money on the line in hopes of a big payout. This event hasn’t given us much to be excited over betting wise as most of the fighters seem like locks [...]

Hard Lessons
SI.com has a featured article on their site about Nate Marquardt who will be facing Anderson Silva for the middleweight title on July 7th at UFC 72.
Wineland works overtime to climb MMA ladder
Houston Chronicle writer Steve Seivert has a blog post up about MMA fighters who have regular jobs as well as fighting [...]

Michael “The Count” Bisping does a weekly column for UFC.com “The ‘Count’down with Michael Bisping. The article normally offers a glimpse into the fighters eyes with a little humor and a little controversey. This week was mostly humor as Bisping talked about preparing for a photo shoot with Men’s Health:
“Men’s Health magazine approached me about [...]

Mere hours after we thought the UFC 70 card was finalized, UFC.com has dropped a bombshell that Forrest Griffin was forced to withdraw from the event on April 21st in England due to a staph infection in his knee. Here’s the release:
“Light heavyweight contender Forrest Griffin has been sidelined by a severe staph infection in [...]

The free UFC 70 event will boast 10 fights, although only selected bouts will air on Spike TV. UFC events typically have only 9 fights but the UFC, for one reason or another, has decided to go with a 10 fight card. Here is the complete card headlined by the top contender matchup between Mirko [...]

Today the UFC announced they would be releasing more UFC 70:  ‘Nations Collide’ tickets due to “stunning public demand”. We first hinted at a ticket increase Thursday and now the UFC has officially released more tickets. No definite number was announced but early reports said the number could be in the thousands. Here’s an excerpt [...]