Thiago Alves failed to make weight today at the 02 Arena in London, England at the weigh-ins for UFC 85 “Bedlam”. Alves tipped the scale at 174 pounds, 3 pounds over the 171 pound non-title bout welterweight limit. His opponent, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes, weighed in at 170 pounds. Their main event bout [...]

Official Fight Card

Main Card

Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera

Preliminary Bouts

Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares

Rumored Bouts

Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick
Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor
Luis Arthur Cain vs. Jason Lambert
Neil Wain vs. Antoni Hardonk

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Jess Liaudin posted a myspace bulletin yesterday announcing that he will face Paul Taylor at UFC 85 in London, England on June 14th. The bout, which will be on the preliminary card of the event, offers the fighters a long-awaited rematch from a 2003 Cage Rage meeting where Liaudin lost to Taylor via [...]

BJ Penn, Wilson Gouveia, Paul Taylor, and Paul Kelly were all awarded $35,000 post-event bonuses from the UFC.
Penn was awarded “Submission of the Night” by default, posting the only submission victory on the 9-fight card. In the UFC 80 main event “The Prodigy” submitted a bloodied Joe Stevenson with a rear naked choke in the [...]

BJ Penn def. Joe Stevenson via submission – Round 2, 4:02
Fabricio Werdum def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO – Round 2, 4:34
Marcus Davis def. Jess Liaudin via KO – Round 1, 1:04
Wilson Gouveia def. Jason Lambert via KO – Round 2, 0:37
Jorge Rivera def. Kendall Grove via TKO – Round 1, 1:20
Antoni Hardonk def. Colin Robinson [...]

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.
Official [...]

As part of the UFC’s announcement of Jason Lambert vs. Wilson Gouveia three previously rumored bouts for the January 19th UFC 80 card have been officially announced.

Alessio Sakara will look to bounce back from his UFC 75 knockout loss to Houston Alexander (and losses in 3 of his last 4 bouts) as he takes on [...]

Three additional fight have now been unofficially confirmed for UFC 80: Rapid Fire in Newcastle, England.
The Sun is reporting that England-natives Paul Taylor and Paul Kelly will meet in a welterweight bout. Heavyweights Colin Robinson and Antoni Hardonk will also square off on the event’s undercard. Additionally, Sherdog is reporting that Per Eklund will make [...]

A questionable split decision victory which was awarded to The Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping over Matt Hamill has caused a uproar among fans and overshadowed a 5-round title fight and other dominating performances on an action-packed card.
In the main event of the evening Dan Henderson appeared hesitant and ineffective as Quinton Jackson controlled [...]

This post contains quick results, news, and round-by-round coverage of UFC 75 from London. The event, which wrapped up at 6pm ET, will air on tape-delay in the United States beginning at 9pm ET.
If you wish to discuss the event free of spoilers at it airs in the US on Spike you can do so [...]

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 [...]

**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…

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 [...]