The end of the year extravaganza of events brought about a historic matchup that had been fantasized about by many mixed martial arts fans. Chuck Liddell fought Wanderlei Silva on Saturday evening to finally determine which of the two dominating strikers was better skilled in fight that was supposed to never go to a [...]

Georges St. Pierre (defeated Matt Hughes)

$160,000 total salary

$80,000 to show
$80,000 win bonus

Matt Hughes (defeated by Georges St. Pierre)

$100,000 total salary

$100,000 to show
Win bonus would have been $100,000

Chuck Liddell (defeated Wanderlei Silva)

$500,000 total salary

$500,000 to show
No win bonus

Wanderlei Silva (defeated by Chuck Liddell)

$150,000 total salary

$150,000 to show
No win bonus

Matt Hughes (defeated by Georges St. Pierre – submission)

No injury specified (defeated via armbar)
Suspended until January 29th
No contact until January 20th.

Wanderlei Silva (defeated by Chuck Liddell – unanimous decision)

Right eye laceration
Suspended until February 13th
No contact until January 29th

Chuck Liddell (defeated Wanderlei Silva – unanimous decision)

Left eye laceration
Suspended until January 29th
No contact until January 20th

Soa Palelei [...]

Nate Mohr reportedly suffered a torn ACL in his loss to Manny Gamburyan while Wanderlei Silva and James Irvin were both hospitalized and given MRIs as a precautionary measure according to The Wrestling Observer. Official injury reports from the Nevada State Athletic Comission are expected to be released very soon.
The UFC has announced that Antonio [...]

- Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes via submission – Round 2, 4:54
- Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision
- Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palalei via TKO – Round 3, 3:24
- Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjou via submission – Round 2, 4:20
- Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard via submission – Round 1, 4:40
- James [...]

The UFC’s year-end event, UFC 79: Nemesis, took place Saturday evening at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 10-bout fight card featured many key fights including the long-awaited meeting between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell and former PRIDE Champion “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva. The event also [...]

The UFC 79: Nemesis weigh-ins went as expected as all 20 fighters for tomorrow’s year-end UFC event made weight in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The normally low-key event featured a near-brawl between rivals Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. After both made weight Liddell took several moments to re-dress – a move [...]

UFC All Access: Wanderlei Silva, hosted by Rachelle Leah, will debut on MTV2 at 1am eastern time on December 27th. The show will then air on Spike TV just after midnight at 12:30am eastern time. The show will then aired for a third and final time on MTV2 December 28th at 10pm.
Here’s a description of [...]

Today the UFC officially announced the full lineup for UFC 79: Nemesis. The December 29th card features 10 bouts, 5 of which are guaranteed to be shown on the PPV broadcast.
Main Card

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (Interim Welterweight Championship Bout)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs Rameau Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Soa Palalei vs. [...]

In a taped message aired during the Scream 2007 awards on Spike TV UFC President Dana White delivered confirmation that the long-anticipated fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva will finally take place on December 29th at UFC 79 in Las Vegas. The bout joins a welterweight title fight between The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches [...]

Wanderlei Silva’s opponent for his upcoming UFC bout will be announced tonight on Spike TV by UFC President Dana White according to a report by Pramit Mohapatra of The Baltimore Sun:
UFC has just notified me that president Dana White will be making an appearance tonight on Spike TV’s Scream 2007 show to announce Wanderlei Silva’s [...]

According to a page on the DirecTV website Chuck Liddell will indeed face Wanderlei Silva in December at the recently announced UFC 79: Nemesis:
UFC 79: Nemesis
A BATTLE YEARS IN THE MAKING
This is it — the biggest fight of the year. Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell takes on Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva. Plus, Hughes vs. Serra. [...]

We’re only a few days away from knowing who Wanderlei’s Silva’s next opponent is going to be. A statement released on Silva’s official site reports:
“Wanderlei Silva is once again the special guest to the next UFC in USA. UFC 77 will take place on October 20, when the name of his opponent will be [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently underwent surgery for a deviated septum. In his last fight with Cheick Kongo he made comments to referee Big John McCarthy that he was getting too old for this after being kneed twice in the groin. His future with the company remains up in the air. For more on the [...]

MMA Weekly has just posted a new interview with Master Rafael Cordeiro from the Chute Boxe camp. In the interview Cordeiro touches on the big question that’s on everybody’s mind, “Has Wanderlei Silva really left Chute Boxe?”
Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
“Wanderlei was the greatest icon at Chute Boxe. It was 17 years together. [...]