here is some big news about anderson silva at the top...
*Anderson Silva wants to fight three more times before the end of the year including his July 19th light heavyweight debut against James Irvin on Spike TV. If Silva emerges victorious (and relatively uninjured) from the main event bout he plans on fighting at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta as well as in November or December. Next up for Silva is 185-pound number-one contender Yushin Okami followed by Patrick Cote.
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*The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also likely hold an event in Oklahoma City in the next six to eight months.
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*Tennessee has passed legislation that will sanction mixed martial arts in the state.
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*Welterweight challenger Jon Fitch, who takes on title-holder Georges St. Pierre next month at UFC 87, was recently awarded his jiu-jitsu black belt.
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*UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been nominated for the 2008 Best Fighter ESPY. To vote for GSP visit espys.tv.
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*The UFC has cut light heavyweight PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura. Nakamura was 0-2 inside the octagon including his most recent loss to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at UFC 84 in May.
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*UFC 89, which is headlined by a clash between rising middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Chris Leben, will likely be shown on tape delay on Spike TV.
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*The Association of Boxing Commissions has passed revised Universal Rules of Mixed Martial Arts at their annual conference in Montreal. Most notably, the revised rules more specifically define illegal strikes to the back of the head and make downward elbows, which were previously banned, legal.
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Forrest Griffin def. Quinton Jackson
Forrest Griffin — $250,000 ($100,000 to show, $150,000 to win)
Quinton Jackson — $225,000
Patrick Cote def. Ricardo Almeida
Patrick Cote — $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win)
Ricardo Almeida — $23,000
Joe Stevenson def. Gleison Tibau
Joe Stevenson — $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Gleison Tibau — $11,000
Josh Koscheck def. Chris Lytle
Josh Koscheck — $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win)
Chris Lytle — $14,000
Tyson Griffin def. Marcus Aurelio
Tyson Griffin — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Marcus Aurelio — $40,000
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Justin McCully
Gabriel Gonzaga — $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Justin McCully — $5,000
Cole Miller def. Jorge Gurgel
Cole Miller — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Jorge Gurgel — $10,000
Melvin Guillard def. Dennis Siver
Melvin Guillard — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Dennis Siver — $7,000
Justin Buchholz def. Corey Hill
Justin Buchholz — $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Corey Hill — $8,000
*Anderson Silva wants to fight three more times before the end of the year including his July 19th light heavyweight debut against James Irvin on Spike TV. If Silva emerges victorious (and relatively uninjured) from the main event bout he plans on fighting at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta as well as in November or December. Next up for Silva is 185-pound number-one contender Yushin Okami followed by Patrick Cote.
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*The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also likely hold an event in Oklahoma City in the next six to eight months.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Tennessee has passed legislation that will sanction mixed martial arts in the state.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Welterweight challenger Jon Fitch, who takes on title-holder Georges St. Pierre next month at UFC 87, was recently awarded his jiu-jitsu black belt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been nominated for the 2008 Best Fighter ESPY. To vote for GSP visit espys.tv.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*The UFC has cut light heavyweight PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura. Nakamura was 0-2 inside the octagon including his most recent loss to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at UFC 84 in May.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*UFC 89, which is headlined by a clash between rising middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Chris Leben, will likely be shown on tape delay on Spike TV.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*The Association of Boxing Commissions has passed revised Universal Rules of Mixed Martial Arts at their annual conference in Montreal. Most notably, the revised rules more specifically define illegal strikes to the back of the head and make downward elbows, which were previously banned, legal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forrest Griffin def. Quinton Jackson
Forrest Griffin — $250,000 ($100,000 to show, $150,000 to win)
Quinton Jackson — $225,000
Patrick Cote def. Ricardo Almeida
Patrick Cote — $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win)
Ricardo Almeida — $23,000
Joe Stevenson def. Gleison Tibau
Joe Stevenson — $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Gleison Tibau — $11,000
Josh Koscheck def. Chris Lytle
Josh Koscheck — $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win)
Chris Lytle — $14,000
Tyson Griffin def. Marcus Aurelio
Tyson Griffin — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Marcus Aurelio — $40,000
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Justin McCully
Gabriel Gonzaga — $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Justin McCully — $5,000
Cole Miller def. Jorge Gurgel
Cole Miller — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Jorge Gurgel — $10,000
Melvin Guillard def. Dennis Siver
Melvin Guillard — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Dennis Siver — $7,000
Justin Buchholz def. Corey Hill
Justin Buchholz — $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Corey Hill — $8,000
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