Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Main event winner Rashad Evans took home [...]

UFC President Dana White announced at the post-UFC 88 press conference that Rashad Evans would next fight UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin for the 205-pound title, likely at the promotion’s year end event, UFC 92, on December 27th in Las Vegas.
Evans earned the title shot with a one-punch knockout of former UFC light heavyweight [...]

Rashad Evans discusses his UFC 88 main event upset knockout of former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell:

Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, and Nate Marquardt discuss their wins after the jump…

The Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Rashad Evans moved one step closer to a 205-pound title shot as he remained undefeated on Saturday at UFC 88, knocking out former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell midway through the second round of their main event matchup.
UFC 88 “Breakthrough” took place on Saturday, September 6th, in front of [...]

Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell via KO – Round 2, 1:51
Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill via TKO – Round 3, 0:39
Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Nate Marquardt def. Martin Kampmann via TKO – Round 1, 1:22
Dong Hyun Kim def. Matt Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 who looked to take out the promotion’s former [...]

Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Dan Henderson (185) vs. Rousimar Palhares (184.5)
Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Martin Kampmann (184.5)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (156)
Tim Boetsch (205.25) vs. Mike Patt (205.25)
Jason Lambert (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Ryo Chonan [...]

During a recent chat with MMANews.com, “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell responded to a question regarding where he thinks he stands in terms of getting another crack at the light-heavyweight crown:
“After I beat Rashad I think I deserve the next title shot.”
Liddell went on to discuss Anderson Silva’s venture into the light heavyweight division, as well [...]

On Monday the UFC officially announced UFC 88 “Liddell vs. Evans,” which will take place on September 6th at the 19,000-seat Philips Arena in Atlanta.
Headlining the pay-per-view event is a bout between top 205-pound contenders Rashad Evans and former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. The bout was originally to headline UFC 85 earlier this [...]

Top UFC light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans, who were originally set to clash in the main event of UFC 85 earlier this month, will now square off at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta according to ESPN The Magazine.
“According to a UFC source, he will be Chuck Liddell’s mystery opponent in the [...]

Just hours after announcing that Rashad Evans would face Luiz Cane at UFC 85 in London on June 7th following an injury to James Irvin, the UFC has now released a finalized, official fight card for the pay-per-view event and has announced that Evans will no longer be fighting on the card.
A previosuly-scheduled preliminary bout [...]

From the official announcement:
A broken foot has forced light heavyweight James Irvin to withdraw from his UFC 85 showdown with Rashad Evans at London’s O2 Arena. Stepping up to replace ‘The Sandman’ against Evans is Brazil’s Luiz Cane, who was originally scheduled to face Jason Lambert on the June 7th card.
Here’s an updated card for [...]

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes will face up-and-coming welterweight contender Thiago Alves, who defeated Karo Parisyan in impressive fashion earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 85. The UFC officially announced the headlining bout late this afternoon.
UFC 85 takes place June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, England and will be [...]

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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