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By now, you may or may not have heard that all the fighters at UFC 76 passed their initial drug tests except for one: Kazuhiro Nakamura.
Nakamura tested positive for marijuana after his loss to Ryoto Machida by unanimous decision. Nakamura smokes weed? Really? I never would have guessed by his ring entrances from [...]

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC 76: Knockout.

Chuck Liddell - $500,000
Mauricio Rua - $150,000
Lyoto Machida - $50,000
Jon Fitch - $44,000
Forrest Griffin- $44,000
Tyson Griffin - $24,000
Rich Clementi - $24,000
Diego Sanchez - $22,000
Kazuhiro Nakamura - $20,000
Matt Wiman - $16,000
Keith Jardine - $14,000
Christian Wellisch - $14,000
Thiago Tavares - $9,000
Jeremy Stephens - $6,000
Michihiro Omigawa - $5,000
Anthony Johnson - [...]

Here is the UFC 76 Post-fight presser from Saturday night in California.

Another UFC event is in the books, and the world of MMA keeps getting more and more interesting with each passing day. UFC 76: Knockout was one of the best all-around night of fights that we have seen in while. With four of the five main card fights going to decision (and the [...]

Hot on the heels of UFC Fight Night 11 this past Wednesday, UFC 76: Liddell vs Jardine takes place this Saturday night in Anaheim, CA. Chuck Liddell makes his first appearance since losing the UFC Light Heavyweight belt to Quinton Jackson at UFC 71. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua makes his UFC debut at UFC [...]

Buckle your seatbelts MMA fans because after a relatively uneventfull August, we are in for a wild ride the next few weeks. Here is just a brief rundown of the “major” events over the next month.
08/25 - UFC 74: Respect
08/25 - EliteXC - ShoXC
09/05 - WEC 30
09/08 - UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
09/15 - [...]

UFCDaily.com is reporting that Evan Tanner will fight Marvin Eastman at UFC 76 in September.
It has been widely speculated that Evan Tanner would make his long-awaited return to the UFC at UFC 76, but his opponent has been somewhat of a mystery so far. Marvin Eastman was originally rumored to be fighting Drew McFedries [...]