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Randy Couture Appears on ESPN
Mar 7, 2007 - 4:18 pm ET | No Comments

After reading a post on UFCJunkie.com I checked out this video on ESPN of newly crowned UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy “The Natural” Couture talking all things UFC on ESPN News. The interview has no new or startling information mainly discussing his win against Tim Sylvia at UFC 68, his coming out of retirement, and where [...]

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UFC 68: Fighter Salaries Released
Mar 6, 2007 - 9:57 pm ET | 2 Comments

This post has all of the fighter salaries from this past weekends UFC 68 event in Columbus, Ohio. The amounts were released by the Ohio Athletic Commission earlier today and include only base salaries and win bonuses. These do not include other bonuses the UFC pays for special awards or the percentages some fighters earn [...]

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UFC 68: Post Fight Notes
Mar 5, 2007 - 10:52 am ET | No Comments

There were quite a few interesting little news stories from the UFC 68 post-fight press conference and from the fight results that beg some attention:

After his loss, Tim Sylvia was quick to say he had an injury. Turns out he hurt his back and nearly pulled out of the fight because of it. Does this [...]

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UFC 68: Betting Lines
Mar 2, 2007 - 9:17 pm ET | No Comments

With UFC 68 just over 24 hours away, Bodog released their betting lines early this morning. Consider this a preview at what MMAFrenzy.com will be delivering betting wise for future events. By UFC 69 I hope to deliver what picks you should (and shouldn’t) make along with a “How to Bet” page and recommended betting [...]

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UFC 68: Weigh-in Results
Mar 2, 2007 - 8:43 pm ET | No Comments

All of the fighters have made weight and nothing exciting really came from the weigh-ins this afternoon. Sylvia got booed pretty hard which was expected but now the anticipation builds for tomorrow night’s fights.

Tim Sylvia (263) vs Randy Couture (222.5)
Rich Franklin (185) vs Jason MacDonald (183.5)
Matt Hughes (171) vs Chris Lytle (169)
Jason Lambert (204) vs [...]

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Couture/Sylvia Friendship Propelled into Spotlight
Feb 28, 2007 - 1:24 pm ET | No Comments

For those who don’t know this weekend is UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio with a main event between heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia and UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture. Couture came back with a bang when he announced he would be returning to the Octagon not against a low ranked jobber, but instead against the champ.
The plot [...]

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Wanderei Silva Loss Botches Match Plans
Feb 27, 2007 - 8:33 pm ET | No Comments

It has long been rumored and hinted that UFC President Dana White, along with even the most-casual MMA fan, wanted to see UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell do toe-to-toe with rival Wanderlei Silva. The rumors of their matchup now mean next-to-nothing as Silva was knocked out by Dan Henderson at Pride 33 over the [...]

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