Liddell Vs. Jardine set for UFC 76 in Anaheim

Confirmed by Dana White in the latest Kevin Iole column

Some will question the choice of opponent for Liddell post-Rampage but really there's not a lot of guys who are available to fight at that show that would be a compelling fight. Forrest Griffin might've been a better choice for box office but I can see why UFC wouldn't necessarily want to do that just yet.

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MMA News and Notes 05/27

Lets take a walk around the MMA world, in order to see what's up. Lots of post UFC 71 stuff for sure.

Jay Hieron is still hungry for IFL success.

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Next in Line, Hendo's Back

Crushed Ice, Rampage KO's Liddell, to win Light Heavy Crown

Rampage Jackson knocks out Ice Man Liddell for the UFC Light Heavyweight title. (Video - CBS2.com)

Anything's possible Kevin Iole - Yahoo Sports

Houston Alexander stuns Keith Jardine Yahoo Sports

Ice Man Melted
NBC Sports

Rampage fits the bill, drops Liddell in first
Dave Doyle - FoxSports.com

Wanderlei Silva next for Liddell?
TSN

The important quote:

Liddell said after he planned to continue fighting, with UFC president Dana White saying Brazilian Wanderlei Silva would be his likely next opponent.

''I still love to fight. Nothing's changed. So yeah, I'll keep training and fighting. All stuff like this makes me want to do is get back in the gym and
train more. I was in great shape for this fight and I was healthy. I made a mistake. I'll be back.''

Did the shortness of last night's main event hurt UFC? Sam Caplan of FiveOuncesofPain.com argues that it did I argue that it did not.

I'll have more later.

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UFC 71 Weigh in results

Sorry for the delay, technical issues.

Preliminary Bouts:

1. Light Heavyweight Bout: Wilson Gouveia (204) Vs. Carmelo Marrero (205)
   
2. Lightweight Bout: Jeremy Stevens (156) Vs. Din Thomas (155)
   
3. Light Heavyweight Bout: Alan Belcher (205) Vs. Sean Salmon (205)
   
4. Light Heavyweight Bout: Thiago Silva (202) Vs. James Irvin (204)

Televised Bouts:

1. Middleweight Bout: Kalib Starnes (186) Vs. Chris Leben (185)
   
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Houston Alexander (202) Vs. Keith Jardine (205)
   
3. Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman (171) Vs. Karo Parisyan (170)
   
4. Middleweight Bout: Terry Martin (186) Vs. Ivan Salaverry (184)
   
5. Light Heavyweight Title Bout: Quinton Jackson (205) Vs. Chuck Liddell (205)

Word to the wise, if you've got a choice, never watch these on ESPNews. They didn't show weigh-ins for 5 of the bouts including the 4 preliminaries and Salaverry-Martin. The commercial break sucked as well.

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Upcoming UFC cards and possible matchups

I'm a day late with these, but I wanted to post them anyway. I'm providing content like a maniac today and tomorrow because next weekend you shall not hear a peep out of me unless something major happens like TNA purchases all assets of UFC.

First things first, I said I'd pimp these more so that's what I'm doing. The CARE predictions are now open to anyone, so go to the messageboard, sign up and post them here

UFCJunkie.com is pretty confident that Keith Jardine will face Houston Alexander at UFC 71.

Speaking of UFC 71 and hey, I just was, it looks like you can add Wilson Gouveia Vs. Carmelo Marerro to that event. I like Gouveia and hope he humbles that man. Marerro would be dropping down to light heavyweight for that fight.


In further news, might we see Georges St. Pierre Vs. Josh Koscheck at UFC 74?

Now that is a fight I think I'd kind of like to see. I hate Koscheck and love St. Pierre so there's that dynamic. Possible title shot implications would also be in play as well as I'm curious because I think it is a compelling matchup of styles.

That's that for now. More later? Perhaps.

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Saturday MMA News and Notes

The Pride Grand Priex which was scheduled to begin May 20 has been put on hold

Watch a pre-fight press video for Bodog. (premium membership required)

Here is a breakdown of IFL Battleground's ratings so far.

The Calgary Sun has a story talking up UFC coming to Canada in 2007.

Has the UFC finally found an opponent for Keith Jardine at UFC 71?

UFCJunkie.com has up an interview with Andrei Arlovsky

Kind of sparse, but that's no surprise for a Saturday.

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MMA News and Notes

Lets hop around the MMA World to see what's happening.

There are a lot of rumors going around regarding Pride and its future and a sale. You can read one of those rumors by Clicking Here
Let me stress that as of now, these are all just rumors. I linked to that so you had an idea of the kinds of things being talked about. I would not call anything definite, as we've been hearing about the sale of Pride for nearly as long as I've had this blog if not longer. So, I'll take a wait and see approach on this one.

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First, as proof that not everything should be photographed, we have These Forrest Griffin pics

Sherdog reports that Liddell-Jackson II is set for 5/26 or for those if you in the know, UFC 71.

Jardine fights way in to title picture
Houston Chronicle

David Heath, who replaced Forrest Griffin in the UFC 70 bout against Lyoto Machida was originally going to face Keith Jardine according to a UFCJunkie.com story.

MMAWeekly.com says that K-1 Hero's American debut taking shape

UFC and FightDVD partner for SENI combat show
MMA Weekly

Valimaki-Sakara, Congo-Silva confirmed for UFC 70.

4 months later, Sherk still hasn't let UFC title sink in

Florian's Success Ultimate Surprise
The surprise is that he still has that horrid nickname.

NBC Sports April brings 4 must-see bouts

I think that will do it for now. A reminder, I'll have an IFL Battleground report up some time tonight, and hopefully, it will be better than last weeks.

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Another bout added to UFC 66 Ortiz-Liddell II

Forrest Griffin Vs. Kieth Jardine in a battle of TUF alumni.

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