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It’s hard to believe that it has been one full year since Ryan Bennett was killed in a car crash with his wife and four children in Fillmore, Utah. Ryan’s wife Tonya and two of their children were seriously injured and are still recovering from some of their injuries. The Ryan Bennett Memorial [...]

Here are the fighter payouts from UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson this past weekend. The total disclosed payout was $920,500.

Chuck Liddell: $500,000
Quinton Jackson: $225,000
Karo Parisyan: $32,000
Ivan Salaverry: $17,500
Terry Martin: $12,000
Kalib Starnes: $10,000
Chris Leben: $10,000
Houston Alexander: $8,000
Josh Burkman: $7,000
Keith Jardine: $7,000
Din Thomas: $28,000
Wilson Gouveia: $16,000
Thiago Silva: $16,000
Alan Belcher: $14,000
James Irvin: $7,000
Carmelo Marrero: $5,000
Sean Salmon: $3,000
Jeremy Stephens: [...]

For those of you who didn’t get to see the Thiago Silva vs James Irvin fight from UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson, here is the video. Be warned though, Irvin’s knee injury might make you a bit “squeamish.” (By the way, this video is in Portuguese no English.)

Here is a clip of the post-fight press conference after UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson.

As you can tell from the video, this video is courtesy of www.boxingscene.com.

I know we are only mere hours after Chuck Liddell losing his UFC Light Heavyweight, but there appears to be some exciting news for Liddell fans.
It appears that the “dream fight” between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that we were all promised several months ago, might in fact now happen. Might… I said might [...]

In a short press release, published on the Japanese version of the Pride website, DSE, the company that gave birth to the organization, communicated the cancellation of the lightweight GP, the first phase of which was planned for July. According to the release, the fans that had already purchased tickets will be reimbursed.
The release asks [...]

Another night and another UFC in the books. Overall, I thought this was a great PPV card and pretty much every fight was worth watching. We got to see seven of nine fights, and unfortunately we missed the James Irvin vs Thiago Silva fight because it seems Irvin suffered a pretty nasty knee [...]