Liddell-Silva bout scrapped...again

UFC is even putting out a hit piece on Silva.

The bout was supposedly going to take place at UFC 76 and as the article states, terms were reached before Silva pulled out. He probably didn't feel like losing and given he's on a cold streak as it is...

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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.

More behind the cut.



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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No Wanderlei but Pride 34 'Kamikaze' could feature some surprises

MMAWeekly.com has all of the details from the Pride Press Conference, Here.

Akira Shoji is taking the place of Bazigit "Volk" Atajev in his fight with Gilbert Yvel. The proposed Wanderlei Silva Vs. Igor Vovchanchyn fight is not going to happen but out going Pride President Nobuyuki Sakakibara hinted that there might be a surprise fight or 2.

One thing I will not miss when the change over takes place is cards being announced at the last minute. Hopefully, Zuffa has the good sense to announce matches far in advance like they do for UFC, I guess time will tell on that one.

Also, it is looking very likely that I will provide live coverage for this show.

The bout order as it stands:

Yoshihiro "KISS" Nakao (Japan) vs. Edson Drago (Brazil)
Zuluzinho (Brazil) vs. Eric "Butterbean" Esch (USA)
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Zelg "Benkei" Galesic (Croatia)
Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel (Holland) vs. Akira Shoji (Japan)
James Thompson (Great Britain) vs. Don "The Predator" Frye (USA)
Shinya Aoki (Japan) vs. Brian Lo-A-Njoe (Holland)
Ricardo Arona (Brazil) vs. Sokoudjou the African Assassin (Cameroon)
Kazuyuki "Iron Head" Fujita (Japan) vs. Jeff "The Snowman" Monson (USA)

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Wanderlei Silva to fight Igor Vovchanchyn at Pride 34?

You can read the story at MMA Weekly

Vovchanchyn is a name I've not heard in quite some time. Silva needs to be cleared by a Doctor before he is allowed to fight given he is under medical suspension by the state of Nevada until April 11, and the NSAC expects those to be held to world-wide.

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