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 [...]

In a post-UFC 71 interview Pride welterweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson stated that his fight with newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson will take place sometime in October. Henderson continued to say that he is friends with both Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson although he is closer with the latter making their [...]

Yesterday UFC President Dana White was interviewed on ESPN News talking about the results from UFC 71 as well as the company and sports future. In the interview it is confirmed that the UFC deal for Pride is finally official after nearly a month delay. It was quite obvious when Dan Henderson was revealed as [...]

The official fighter salaries for UFC 71 have yet to be released although numbers have been given out for the nights main event between Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson.
With the win, Jackson raked in just short of a half a million dollars, adding $450,000 to his bank account. Despite losing, Liddell had a bigger pay [...]

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 [...]

Aside from the shocking Diego Sanchez news I reported earlier this morning, Dana White also gave us lots of other interesting UFC news to report during the call:

The UFC is apparently in active negotiations with pro wrestler Kurt Angle and commented that he would love to have Brock Lesnar as well.
Anticipates the UFC will have [...]

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 [...]

“I am going into this fight thinking as if I have never seen this guy in my life. I don’t care what he is going to do. I only care what I am going to do. I don’t think about Chuck; he is just an opponent. He is a champion, but to me he is [...]

“Referee John McCarthy has been selected to officiate the Chuck Liddell-Quinton Jackson light heavyweight title bout at May 26’s UFC 71 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has also assigned Glenn Trowbridge, Cecil Peoples, and Nelson Hamilton as judges for the rematch.”
- – UFC fan favorite referee “big” John McCarthy [...]

“It was (the UFC’s) decision (when he’d fight Liddell). They wanted to see the fight. I wanted the fans to get to know me a little better, but it didn’t go down that way. It’s all right. I’m fighting. I’m making money. I’m going to show (the fans) who I am. I’m the new face [...]

I wanted to pass along a quick note that the official website for UFC 71 is live. After a quick loading headkick the main page features Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson as well as two different video previews for the event.
The site also has ticket information, the complete fight card, the story behind the main [...]

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 [...]

The LA Times has an article that contains a few interesting stories. Here’s the first clip:
“…less than four months after Jackson joined UFC, he’s getting his shot to take Liddell’s belt. UFC will officially announce today that the fighters have signed contracts to headline a May 26 pay-per-view card, UFC 71, at the MGM Grand [...]

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 [...]