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: [...]
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UFC 68 Fighter Payouts
UFC 68: The Uprising Recap
Well, overall I thought UFC 68 was pretty standard and underwhelming but the main event definitely was worth watching Couture looked brilliant; Sylvia looked despicable. I never thought Sylvia would get dominated in the standup game like he did. I think we all knew that Randy would easily control Tim on the ground if he [...]
Ex-Champs Fight Their Way Back in UFC 68
Here’s Brians take and predictions on this Saturday’s UFC 68. UFC 68 brings us the return of Rich “Ace” Franklin and Matt Hughes. After they lost their titles, both fighters have been looking to get their career back on track. Dana White has helped both fighters out by setting them up with arguably slightly above-average [...]
UFC 68: The Uprising Preview
The UFC is making its first trip to the state of Ohio for UFC 68: The Uprising and overall it looks like the MMA fans in Ohio are in for a pretty decent fight card. Four former or current UFC champions will be fighting on the card, so lets take some time and break down [...]
Renato Sobral vs Jason Lambert at UFC 68
Renato “Babalu” Sobral will make his return to the UFC after his brutal loss to Chuck Liddell at UFC 62 back in August of 2006. According to UFC.com, Sobral will face Jason Lambert on the undercard of UFC 68 in March. Before losing his title shot against Chuck Liddell, Sobral had reeled off an impressive [...]
Joe Stevenson vs. Caol Uno at UFC 68 (UFC 69?)
*********It looks like this fight might actuall take place at UFC 69 in April, not UFC 68 in March. I’ll try to keep everyone updated as soon as a definitive announcement is made.********* It appears that the rumored fight between Joe Stevenson and Caol Uno will take place on March 3, in Columbus Ohio at [...]
Matt Hughes vs. Chris Lytle at UFC 68
Man, lots of news is being confirmed today about UFC 68, and it now appears that my previous speculation regarding a Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan matchup at UFC 68 was incorrect. It appears that Matt Hughes will be fighting Chris Lytle at UFC 68, and both fighters have now confirmed and accepted the fight. [...]
Tim Sylvia vs Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 68
It appears that the UFC and Brandon Vera have not been able to work out their contract negotiations, and Tim Sylvia’s next defense of his Heavyweight title will be against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 68. Many people expected Brandon Vera to have the next title shot as he is easily the #1 heavyweight contender, but [...]
Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald at UFC 68
Jason MacDonald won his second fight in the UFC against Chris Leben at UFC 66 and now several different sources are reporting that MacDonald’s next opponent will be against former Middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 68. This will be Franklin’s first fight back after losing his title to Anderson Silva at UFC 64, and [...]
Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan at UFC 68
While it hasn’t been officially announced yet, it is widely speculated that another fight between Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes won’t be taking place this April. They exact reasons are unknown, and probably never will be, but the general consensus is that Matt Hughes wanted to take a fight in between his loss to [...]
UFC 68 in Columbus, OH?
MMAWeekly.com is reporting that UFC 68 (currently scheduled for March 3, 2007) will take place in Columbus, Ohio. The current card is thought to feature Tim Syliva vs. Frank Mir Brandon Vera for the Heavyweight title and the return of former Middleweight champion Rich Franklin. Recently we have seen the UFC trying to capitalize on [...]









