Anything MMA, except thumb wrestling

[StillUnknown]

dana said in the post fight interviews that Rich did suffer another broken nose, which was why Rich was not present at the post fight conferences.

[Cooked Crack]

based on these pics, i'm goin to say that Franklin actually saw the Grim Reaper:

Looks just like the first fight.

[#98QBKiller]

CHUCK VS. WANDERLEI DECEMBER 29th!!!!! Same card as Hughes vs. Serra.


http://mmajunkie.com/

Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79 — It’s Finally Official

Posted by MMA Junkie on October 23, 2007 at 10:27 pm ET

The worst-kept secret in UFC history was finally revealed this evening; UFC President Dana White confirmed that former UFC champion Chuck Liddell (20-5 MMA, 15-4 UFC) will face former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (31-7-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC 79 on Dec. 29.

The pay-per-view event takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

White made the announcement during a spot on Tuesday night’s “Scream 2007” special on Spike TV.

The one-time cross-promotion mega-fight, which had been promised a few times over the past couple years (most recently at UFC 61), never came to fruition because UFC and PRIDE officials couldn’t work out the details. However, owners of Zuffa LLC (the UFC’s parent company) purchased PRIDE earlier this year, signed Silva to a contract, and then scheduled him to fight at UFC 79.

Liddell was the likely opponent — until a split-decision loss to Keith Jardine at UFC 76 in September appeared to temporarily derail the idea. However, despite both fighters coming off back-to-back losses (Liddell to Quinton Jackson and Jardine; Silva to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Dan Henderson), the bout remains one of the most-anticipated in MMA history, and UFC officials booked the fight anyway.

As MMAjunkie.com exclusively announced in July, Silva was expected to fight Liddell at UFC 76. However, when Silva requested a November fight date instead (to accommodate his move to the U.S.), the bout was scrapped and Jardine got the fight instead. White went on the offensive soon after, saying Silva was ducking Liddell and that the fight would probably never happen.

Three weeks later, though, White boasted that he had signed Silva — and even posted a video of the actual contract signing on UFC.com. However, he never clarified his claims that Silva was trying to avoid a fight with Liddell.

MMAjunkie.com spoke to Silva over the weekend during Cincinnati’s UFC 77 event, and the Brazilian confirmed he would be fighting Liddell. White, though, remained tight-lipped about the fight, saying only that the two fighters would face off sometime “soon.“

Now officially booked, the fight will take second billing to a main event between UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra and former champ Matt Hughes.

For the latest rumored UFC 79 fight card, check out the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

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[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

CHUCK VS. WANDERLEI DECEMBER 29th!!!!! Same card as Hughes vs. Serra.


http://mmajunkie.com/






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Just watched the video of the announcement on UFC.com. This is awesome! And it might be the only way left for Chuck to attract a pay per view crowd the way he used to. I'll be looking forward to this! Go Chuck!!!

[herrmag]

I have to admit, the Wandy/Chuck fight has lost some of its appeal. Watching Dan Henderson destroy Silva and seeing " The Dean of Mean" taunting the once feared Chuck Lidell have shown that neither of these fighters are what they once were.

[#98QBKiller]

I have to admit, the Wandy/Chuck fight has lost some of its appeal. Watching Dan Henderson destroy Silva and seeing " The Dean of Mean" taunting the once feared Chuck Lidell have shown that neither of these fighters are what they once were.

People were saying the same thing about Randy Couture until he came back from two straight KOs and whipped Tim Sylvia around the ring for 5 rounds, then TKO'd Gabriel Gonzaga who was supposed to stop him.

[lovetoaster]

Can anyone else not stand the EliteXC commentators? I like Bernstein for boxing, not so much for MMA. And I really can not stand listening to Stephen Quadros.


Oh well, at least Bill Goldberg is not on tonight.

I do not really like EliteXC, but I will watch it just because I like MMA. But their broadcasters cause me to turn it off every once in a while.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Can anyone else not stand the EliteXC commentators? I like Bernstein for boxing, not so much for MMA. And I really can not stand listening to Stephen Quadros.


Oh well, at least Bill Goldberg is not on tonight.

I do not really like EliteXC, but I will watch it just because I like MMA. But their broadcasters cause me to turn it off every once in a while.

EliteXC had one of the worst shows, if not the worst show, of the year. When Sakuraba and Royce Gracie had a 15 minute match, and we saw the debut of Brock Lesnar in MMA. The introductions to the fighters were longer than the fights. The fights were all bad. Jonny Morton, former WR from the Chiefs got flatlined for about 3 minutes. It was scary. From that day forward, I've never had a passing thought about watching EliteXC.

[lovetoaster]

EliteXC had one of the worst shows, if not the worst show, of the year. When Sakuraba and Royce Gracie had a 15 minute match, and we saw the debut of Brock Lesnar in MMA. The introductions to the fighters were longer than the fights. The fights were all bad. Jonny Morton, former WR from the Chiefs got flatlined for about 3 minutes. It was scary. From that day forward, I've never had a passing thought about watching EliteXC.

That was a terrible show. I had no intention of watching it tonight, but I stopped for a few minutes. And that was about all I could take.

I have not watched a whole lot of their content, because it just strikes me as terribly unprofessional in some aspects. Such as on-air talent and production. I have seen a few pretty good fights in the few times I have watched them, but nothing that makes me clamor for more.

I would much rather watch WEC, IFL and obviously UFC before I switch to EliteXC.

[Raub]

I watched some of the HD Net MMA tonight....and well....it just seems like the NFL Europe version of UFC. I ended up watching UFC Fight Night even though I had seen all the matches. There's something to be said for quality and that Sam Stout vs. Fisher fight was one of the best I've ever seen.

[lovetoaster]

I ended up watching UFC Fight Night even though I had seen all the matches. There's something to be said for quality and that Sam Stout vs. Black fight was one of the best I've ever seen.

Yep, that is the same thing I did. That Stout-Fisher fight is one of my favorites.

[SUNSTONE]

Was it posted here that brock lesnar signed with the UFC?

No heavy wieght that is in UFC now is going to stop him.

[#98QBKiller]

Was it posted here that brock lesnar signed with the UFC?

No heavy wieght that is in UFC now is going to stop him.

Huh? Maybe a few years down the road, but do you really think he can beat Big Nog or Andre Arlovski? I don't think so.

[StillUnknown]

Can anyone else not stand the EliteXC commentators? I like Bernstein for boxing, not so much for MMA. And I really can not stand listening to Stephen Quadros.


Oh well, at least Bill Goldberg is not on tonight.

I do not really like EliteXC, but I will watch it just because I like MMA. But their broadcasters cause me to turn it off every once in a while.

their commentators (outside of bill goldberg) aren't any worse than UFC commentators.

Mike Goldberg knows close to nothing about the sport, and while i like Rogan, he says the exact same **** every fight.

[Raub]

I think Rogan's pretty good, and he actually called a guy a ***** last night, which made me chuckle.