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White Misses Meeting With Couture
Nov 20, 2007 - 11:12 am ET | 16 Comments

UFC President Dana White accidentally missed his scheduled meeting with UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture according to an interview White completed with Steve Cofield following UFC 78. The meeting was believed to have been scheduled for today, November 20th, but was supposed to have been last Tuesday. All is not lost however. White and Couture [...]

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Rampage Goes Mainstream
Oct 12, 2007 - 6:00 am ET | 5 Comments

Rolling Stone’s 2007 Hot List is on news stands now. The UFC’s own Quinton “Rampage” Jackson makes an appearance as the year’s hottest pugilist:
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s first bout was in kindergarten. “A kid broke my Hot Wheel, so I decided to break off my foot in his ass,” recalls Jackson, 29. “I won. I don’t [...]

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Questionable Decision Overshadows Title Bout, Dominating Performances
Sep 9, 2007 - 10:42 am ET | 60 Comments

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 [...]

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UFC 75 Results
Sep 8, 2007 - 11:45 am ET | 36 Comments

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 [...]

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Report: Quinton Jackson Fractured Wrist 3 Weeks Before Facing Liddell
Sep 6, 2007 - 10:47 am ET | 6 Comments

The Fight Network is reporting that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson fractured his wrist just 3 weeks before he stepped into the octagon against Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 and walked away the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. After rehabbing the wrist Jackson is reportedly completely healed for his fight against Dan Henderson this weekend.
The report also states [...]

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MMAFrenzy.com Source: Both UFC and PRIDE Titles On The Line at UFC 75
Jul 6, 2007 - 6:56 pm ET | No Comments

Following UFC 71 there were reports that only the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship would be on the line in the main event between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London. More recent reports continued to change about everyday and ranged from both titles being on the line, no titles being up [...]

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Update: UFC Light Heavyweight Title On The Line at UFC 75
Jul 3, 2007 - 10:26 pm ET | 5 Comments

Yesterday when I originally discussed the possibility that no titles would be on the line in the UFC 75 main event between Quinton Jackson and Dan Henderson I stated that the news was far from confirmed and I couldn’t have been more right. Less than a day after the report it now appears that the [...]

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Titles NOT On The Line at UFC 75
Jul 3, 2007 - 9:17 am ET | No Comments

Despite being a “Champion vs. Champion” match and many reports that the main event of UFC 75 between Quinton Jackson and Dan Henderson would unify the Pride and UFC championships, it now appears that the fight will likely NOT have any titles on the line.
The main event was expected to be a 5-round battle between [...]

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Couture, Jackson Nominated for ‘Best Fighter’ ESPY
Jun 25, 2007 - 2:49 pm ET | No Comments

ESPN has changed the name of one of their fan-voted ESPY awards from Best Boxer to Best Fighter to allow MMA fighters to be nominated to win the award. Taking advantage of the change, Randy “The Natural” Couture and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson have both been nominated for the ‘Best Fighter’ ESPY category.
The full list of [...]

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PRIDE Officials Attempted to Pay “Rampage” To Lose Debut
Jun 13, 2007 - 3:22 pm ET | No Comments

In a recent interview with MMA Today current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says that “PRIDE officials” offered him a bonus to be knocked out or submitted without tapping.
The fight in question took place in 2001 when Jackson faced Kazushi Sakuraba. Here is what Jackson said about being asked to take a dive [...]

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New Report Casts Doubt Onto Liddell’s Health Prior to UFC 71 Fight
Jun 11, 2007 - 5:30 am ET | 4 Comments

Reports have surfaced that Chuck Liddell was in drug rehab immediately before his fight on May 26th against Quinton Jackson where he suffered a quick KO defeat.
Here is the quote from former UFC fighter Vernon White that sparked the resurgence of questions over Liddell’s health and mental focus leading into UFC 71:
“I can’t bad mouth [...]

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Wanderlei Silva Training with Randy Couture
Jun 10, 2007 - 8:20 am ET | 6 Comments

According to sources former Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva has been training in recent weeks with Randy Couture. Several weeks ago following Chuck Liddell’s loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson it was announced that Silva would face the former light heavyweight later this year in a match that has been rumored by the [...]

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UFC 75 To Be Headlined by “Rampage” vs. Henderson
Jun 8, 2007 - 9:31 am ET | 4 Comments

In a recent interview Quinton “Rampage” Jackson confirmed he will be defending his light heavyweight title this September in London at UFC 75 against Dan Henderson. Here is what Rampage said regarding his upcoming fight while on CBS 2 in LA yesterday:
“I have to fight September 8th in London with the champion of Japan [Dan [...]

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Deal Nearly Complete to Bring UFC Back to New Jersey
Jun 1, 2007 - 4:38 pm ET | 1 Comment

According to MMAFrenzy.com sources, the UFC is close to signing a deal to bring the UFC back to New Jersey this November. For those who check out our UFC rumors section often, UFC 78 has been listed as taking in place for New Jersey for some time, although it now appears the event will happen [...]

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Post-UFC 71 Press Coference News
May 30, 2007 - 8:20 pm ET | 1 Comment

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 [...]

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