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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.

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 ever had [...]

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 [...]

[Source: FightBeat.com]
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