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I wrote last week about Evan Tanner and his new “fight house” that he is involved with. Well, Evan has put up a signed UFC poster on eBay to help raise money for the house. This is a framed poster from UFC 36 and his signed by Randy Couture, Andre Arlovski, Matt Lindland, [...]

Some of you may have heard TUF 3 competitor Matt Hamill’s quote about being ready to fight Michael Bisping after he defeated Rex Hollman at UFC 68. For those that didn’t, here is the specific quote:
I think I’m ready for I guess Mike Bisping from England. We are going to find out who’s going [...]

According to Dave Meltzer over at WrestlingObserver.com the UFC is still having a hard time negotiating a deal with HBO to carry UFC events. There has been much speculation on how the UFC would broadcast UFC 70 in Manchester, England; would it be on a tape-delayed PPV, would HBO broadcast it?
Well it [...]

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I’m personally a fan of Evan Tanner. Yeah you remember him, used to be the Middleweight UFC champ. Well, Evan’s been out of the fight game since last April when he defeated Justin Levens at UFC 59. Since then, he hasn’t fought once [...]

UFC 72 is currently scheduled for July 7 and the fight card will feature at least two title fights. Anderson Silva will make his second title defense of the UFC Middleweight title against Nathan Marquardt. Silva recently fought Travis Lutter in what turned out to be a non-title fight after Lutter failed to [...]

Frank Mir has been taken off the UFC Fight Night Card scheduled for April 5. Mir was scheduled to fight Antoni Hardonk, but reportedly was removed due to an injury. Some rumors are circulating that Mir was actually removed from the card by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but I haven’t been able to [...]

Here are the fighter salaries for last weekends UFC 68: The Uprising event.

Randy Couture: $250,000
Tim Sylvia: $100,000
Matt Hughes: $150,000
Rich Franklin: $42,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $21,000
Martin Kampmann: $20,000
Jason Lambert: $18,000
Jason MacDonald: $14,000
Chris Lytle: $10,000
Drew McFedries: $5,000
Jon Fitch: $28,000
Matt Hamill: $10,000
Luigi Fioravanti: $8,000
Jamie Varner: $6,000
Gleison Tibau: $6,000
Rex Holman: $3,000
Jason Gilliam: $3,000
Jason Dent: $3,000

The total announced fighter payout was [...]