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UFC 99: The Comeback Officially Announced, Headlined by Franklin-Silva
Mar 3, 2009 - 11:45 am ET | 23 Comments
UFC 99: The Comeback Officially Announced, Headlined by Franklin-Silva

The UFC today announced UFC 99, which will take place on June 13th at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva will meet in a in a 195-pound catchweight bout to headline the UFC's first trip to Germany.

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Swick v. Saunders On Tap For Germany
Mar 1, 2009 - 11:58 am ET | 20 Comments
Swick v. Saunders On Tap For Germany

The card for UFC 99 in Cologne Germany continues to take shape. Yesterday the addition of a welterweight fight between Mike Swick and Ben Saunders was confirmed by MMAWeekly. At this point the bout has been verbally agreed to, but no papers have been signed.
Both fighters were last in action at UFN 16: [...]

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Davis-Hardy, Velasquez, and Swick Rumored for UFC 99
Feb 25, 2009 - 2:17 pm ET | 11 Comments
Davis-Hardy, Velasquez, and Swick Rumored for UFC 99

The rumored lineup for UFC 99 on June 13th in Cologne, Germany has grown substantially over the last 24-hours, with Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy, Cain Velasquez, and Mike Swick being added to the event’s tentative fight card.
Davis confirmed the potential matchup with Hardy in a recent post on the Underground Forums.
“All I will say [...]

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UFC Fight Night 16 Weigh-In Results
Dec 9, 2008 - 7:14 pm ET | 28 Comments
UFC Fight Night 16 Weigh-In Results

UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops welterweight headliners Josh Koscheck (171) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171) successfully weighed in for their main event bout today at the Sports USA Bar near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
The remainder of the ten-bout, Spike TV-broadcast card also successfully made weight, including main event participants Jonathan Goulet [...]

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Dana White Speaks Out Against AKA; Velasquez and Koscheck Could Be Cut Next
Nov 20, 2008 - 2:02 am ET | 91 Comments
Dana White Speaks Out Against AKA; Velasquez and Koscheck Could Be Cut Next

Heavyweight up-and-comer Cain Velasquez and established welterweight Josh Koscheck could be the next UFC fighters to be cut by the UFC for refusing to sign a lifetime video game agreement with the promotion.
Jon Fitch and Christian Wellisch were both cut on Wednesday for refusing to sign the contract and, according to Yahoo Sports, the UFC [...]

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Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida Headline “UFC Fight For The Troops”
Nov 11, 2008 - 11:06 am ET | 10 Comments
Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida Headline “UFC Fight For The Troops”

Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida will clash in the main event of UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops” on December 10th at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Spike TV, which will broadcast the event beginning at 9pm ET, yesterday announced an updated lineup for the event, which will benefit the [...]

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Mike Swick vs. Jonathan Goulet Added To UFC Fights For The Troops
Sep 18, 2008 - 4:00 pm ET | 47 Comments

Welterweights Mike Swick (15-2) and Jonathan Goulet (22-9) will square off at UFC Fights for the Troops, according to Fightlinker.
A cast member of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, Swick was eliminated from the reality series following a semifinals loss to Stephan Bonnar. Swick bounced back with five-straight UFC victories in the 185-pound middleweight [...]

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TUF 1 Marathon, Reunion Special To Air On Spike TV On Saturday, September 13th
Sep 10, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 20 Comments

Spike TV and the UFC have reunited top members of the original cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” for a marathon of the inaugural season of the UFC reality series.
A series of clips featuring TUF 1 cast members UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, Chris Leben, Stephan Bonnar, Josh Koscheck, Nate Quarry, Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez, [...]

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Mike Swick Recovering From Surgery, Likely To Return In December
Aug 20, 2008 - 4:00 pm ET | 15 Comments

Welterweight Mike “Quick” Swick (12-2) will not be recovered from a recent elbow surgery in time to compete at UFC 90, but remains hopeful he will return to the octagon in 2008.
UFC president Dana White announced on Monday that Swick had been added to the official lineup for the October 25th event but Swick has [...]

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Quick Hits: Machida To Fight In October, Cage Rage Fighters Make Weight, Silva-Okami Confirmed, and More
Jul 12, 2008 - 10:00 am ET | 28 Comments

Lyoto Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, announced during a recent appearance on TAGG Radio that the light heavyweight contender will next fight in October against an opponent to-be-announced. During the appearance Soares also confirmed that Anderson Silva will indeed take on Yushin Okami next following his July 19th light heavyweight bout against James Irvin.
All of the [...]

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UFC 85 Recap: Alves Stops Hughes, Bisping Dominates Day
Jun 8, 2008 - 2:19 am ET | 59 Comments

Thiago Alves stopped former UFC welterweight champion and future hall of famer Matt Hughes via technical knockout early in round two on Saturday, June 7th, at UFC 85 “Bedlam” in front of a sold-out crowd at the O2 Arena in London, England.
The showdown between two of the UFC’s top welterweight contenders was the main event [...]

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UFC 85 Results
Jun 7, 2008 - 5:41 pm ET | 20 Comments

UFC 85 “BEDLAM” OFFICIAL RESULTS

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02
Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42
Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision
Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision
Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40
Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera via submission [...]

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Round-By-Round UFC 85 Results
Jun 7, 2008 - 11:55 am ET | 31 Comments

QUICK RESULTS

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02
Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42
Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision
Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision
Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40
Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera via submission – Round 1, [...]

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