MMAMadness.com has the FightMetric breakdown from the Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva fight at UFC 79. If you’ve never heard of or seen FightMetric before, they provide an in-depth quantitative analysis of fights much the same way that boxing’s compuscore and other systems work. The analysis they provide really is very interesting stuff, and you [...]

Here are the official fighter salaries from UFC 79: Nemesis as released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The total disclosed payout was $1,199,000 – the largest total payout reported by the UFC to date. Chuck Liddell – $500,000 Georges St. Pierre – $160,000 Wanderlei Silva – $150,000 Matt Hughes – $100,000 Lyoto Machida – [...]

UFC 79 hysteria is in full swing right now. Steve Cofield has a bunch of audio from the pre-fight press conference held yesterday. Yahoo! Sports has some video from the press conference. You can view the weigh-ins live at 7pm EST (4pm PST) at UFC.com, NBCSports.com, Yahoo! Sports, and FoxSports.com.

The UFC has saved one of their best fight cards for last, as they will close out 2007 with a bang at UFC 79. Matt Hughes, Georges St. Pierre, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, Lyoto Machida and Rameau Sokoudjou are all fighting on what should be a great way to cap off a great year of [...]

Just to lighten everyones day up…

After months and months of trying, the UFC has finally managed to enter New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden. Oh, don’t be mistaken. Mixed Martial Arts competitions are still illegal in the state of New York. Instead, the UFC is going to be showing UFC 79 live at Madison Square Garden on their bigscreens. For [...]

RawVegas.tv has the following video interview with Wanderlei Silva discussing his upcoming fight with Chuch Liddell at UFC 79. [Source: RawVegas.tv]

Here is the audio from yesterday’s UFC 79 Conference Call with Dana White, Matt Hughes, and Georges St. Pierre. This was the conference call to “officially” announce the fight to the media and allow for questioning. If you have some time, give it a listen. [audio:ufc79_conf_call.mp3]

According to Matt Hughes’ personal website, Hughes will be fighting Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79 for an interim UFC welterweight title. This past week, Matt Serra announced he was withdrawing from his scheduled title fight against Matt Hughes at UFC 79 due to a back injury. Tonight, Hughes broke the news that he would [...]

Matt Serra has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in December due to a back injury suffered during training. Serra, the current UFC welterweight champion, apparently suffered a herniated disc in his back this past week while training for his fight. “This is the hardest thing I’ve [...]

Rumors have been flying all day regarding the possibility of Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou possibly fighting for the UFC and making his debut at UFC 79. It appears that there is truth to the rumor and Ryoto Machida will be Sokoudjou’s first opponent on December 29th in Las Vegas. According to Brazillian website Worldfight, the UFC [...]

Brian Knapp at TheFightNetwork is reporting that Nick Diaz will undergo plastic surgery “to repair the considerable scar tissue that has developed around his eyes.” According to Diaz’s training partner, Kit Cope, “‘He didn’t get hit with anything hard. It’s just that he’s got some gnarly cuts. There were a couple of fights [in his [...]

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FINALLY! After way too long, the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva is going to happen at UFC 79 in December as originally planned. Word surfaced today that Wanderlei Silva’s first opponent would be revealed at this Saturday nights UFC 77 event in Ohio. Well, DirectTV went ahead and spoiled the surprise today buy [...]