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11 Jun 2010

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will step into the octagon with over a year between fights. He’s lost his last two, his most recent was against current UFC light-heavyweight champ Mauricio Rua at UFC 97, and is 1-4 in his past five fights.
UFC president Dana White spoke to Fighters Only Magazine that if his friend losses on Saturday, Liddell’s career will be over with the UFC.
Chuck Liddell is back in action this weekend after a 14-monty layoff. The former UFC light-heavyweight champion was urged to retire by UFC president …

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10 Jun 2010

From the “Haven’t we heard this before?” department, UFC President Dana White has stated in a recent interview with Fighter’s Only that Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell will be done with fighting if he is unable to get past former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich “Ace” Franklin in the main event of this weekend’s UFC 115 event in Vancouver, BC;
“Yes [a loss at UFC 115 would be the end of Chuck Liddell's career], and I think he will say the same thing. But let me tell you what the difference is – …

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10 May 2010

In the aftermath of all events, such as Saturday nights UFC 113 event, there are always a ton of information concerning the event and it’s fighters. The MMA News has done our best to collect the best News & Notes as well as some of the best quotes from around the web to bring to you.
“UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II” took place on May 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The show saw the crowning of a new light-heavyweight champion after Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked out the …

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10 May 2010

The preliminary attendance figures for this past weekend’s UFC 113 event from the Bell Centre in Montreal have been released and while it may not be on par with previous Montreal events, the numbers still represent a big success for the promotion as 17,647 fans packed the arena for a live gate estimated at over $3.2 million. UFC President Dana White released the figures during the post-fight press conference with official numbers expected from the Quebec Athletic Commission later this week.
The last event held at the venue, UFC 97 in …

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8 May 2010

Canadian lightweight fighter Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout (15-5-1) feels that his time has come as he faces Jeremy Stephens this Saturday on the PPV card of UFC 113 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
“It’s the third UFC event in Canada and I’ve been on every single one,” said Stout, who lost to Rich Clementi at UFC 83 but bounced back with a win over Matt Wiman at UFC 97. “That’s a big honor, and to be able to represent your country is a pretty cool feeling, especially since there’s not a …

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6 May 2010

With the UFC’s official announcement of the UFC 116 event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV on July 3rd, the race is on to fill the card with word coming today from the promotion that a Light Heavyweight bout between Stephan Bonnar and Krzysztof Soszynski has been added to the show, likely as part of the main PPV portion of the event.
The two met previously at UFC 110 in February in an undercard bout that saw Soszysnki win via TKO in the third round due to …

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28 Apr 2010

The saga of who will fight John Salter as part of the undercard of the May 8th UFC 113 card from the Bell Centre in Montreal, PQ appears to finally be over as UFC veteran Jason MacDonald has been slotted in to the bout according to a report from MMA Junkie that cites sources close to the event.
Salter had originally been booked to face Nick Catone at the event, but Catone was forced to withdraw due to an injury in training and was replaced by another UFC vet in David …

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23 Feb 2010

The rollercoaster career of talented Brazilian Middleweight star Paulo Filho has taken another loop as he has withdrawn from his scheduled fight at Bitetti Combat 6 on February 25th against Yuki Sasaki due to unspecified personal reasons” according to Tatame.com, who are also reporting that Filho’s teammate Thales Leites will be moving into the bout as his replacement.
Filho’s bizarre run as WEC Middleweight Champion was punctuated by a WEC 36 bout against Chael Sonnen that saw Filho miss weight before the fight while appearing despondent and near-tears during the unanimous …

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26 Jan 2010
DVD Review: UFC 97 – Redemption

Martin Smith recaps UFC 97 on DVD featuring Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua!

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5 May 2009
MacDonald has “no hard feelings” towards UFC after being released

Veteran middleweight Jason MacDonald says he has “no hard feelings” after confirming he has been released by the UFC.

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28 Apr 2009
Griffin vs. Anderson Silva could headline UFC 101 – report

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is reportedly close to announcing Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva for the main event of UFC 101 later this year.

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25 Apr 2009
Is Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell “Out Cold” for good?

At the press conference after UFC 97: Redemption, UFC president Dana White confirmed that it was definitely Chuck’s last fight. Randy Couture returned at age 45 to fight Brock Lesner, so who’s to say that the Iceman is gone for good? Chuck started martial arts at age 12 and has been with the UFC since 1998. As the expression goes, “you can take the dog out of a fight, but you can’t take the fight out of a dog.”

“The Iceman” Chuck Liddell lost his most recent match against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on April 19th at UFC 97. It took Shogun under five minutes to add Chuck to his list of TKO victims. You may think the cold has been getting to him because…

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21 Apr 2009
UFC 97 Recap – Good Luck Chuck

A recap of last Saturday’s UFC 97 PPV in what may of been the last fight of Chuck Liddell’s career.