Matt Serra on Friday confirmed to NBCSports.com that he will meet Georges St-Pierre for the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title when the UFC makes its Canadian debut in April in Montreal.
Serra defeated St-Pierre for the title in Houston in April of 2007. He had been scheduled to make his first defense of the belt against Matt Hughes at UFC 79 on Dec. 29, but a herniated disc forced him to withdraw from the bout. More on Matt Serra Confirms April Bout With Georges St. Pierre In Montreal
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Ed Soares, the manager for Lyoto Machida, has confirmed to MMAWeekly.com that Ultimate Fighting Championship officials have offered the Brazilian a fight against former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz.
According to Soares, Machida has accepted the fight and at this point, they are waiting to find out if Ortiz will accept the bout.
“It would be an honor to fight such a legend as Tito Ortiz,” said Machida. “I would like to see how my technique matches up against his.”
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By Clark Arroyo,mmavideoz.com
Fedor vs. Choi; Why? Part #1
Cho’s record coming into the match: 1-0 Fedor coming into the match: 27-1 (NC:1)
Clearly a mismatch/freak show that had nothing to do with mixed martial arts. Yet, had everything to do with what’s wrong with the UFC, Dana White, Zuffa LLC, MMA events in general, and the exploitation of fighters at large. What it all breaks down to is what almost everything breaks down to on earth… money. For mixed martial arts it’s like the opening of the wild, wild, west. For the people in power it is a goldmine. All done while exploiting those who risk their lives to bring this white hot entity into our homes via pay per view television, and for even more profit by the providers of these events, via recorded replays of events.
The UFC has been aggressive in buying out other MMA promotional companies, the most prestigious being the Pride Fighting organization in a clear attempt to corner the market..
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued a handful of medical suspensions
The pay-per-view event, which was the final Zuffa LLC show of the 2007 fight season, took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and set a UFC record gate of $4.9 million.
According to paperwork filed by the NSAC and acquired by mmavideoz.com the following nine fighters who competed on the 10-bout fight card have been issued suspensions:
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UFC 79 fighters’ salaries directly from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
UFC 79 took place Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Georges St. Pierre defeated Matt Hughes in the night’s main event to claim the UFC’s interim welterweight title, and Chuck Liddell rebounded from the first back-to-back losses of his career with a unanimous-decision victory over Wanderlei Silva.
Liddell was the event’s big winner with a base salary of $500,000, St. Pierre was second with $160,000, and Silva was third with $150,000.
The total disclosed payroll for UFC 79 was a hefty $1,199,000.
- Georges St. Pierre ($160,000) def. Matt Hughes ($100,000)
- Chuck Liddell ($500,000) def. Wanderlei Silva ($150,000)
- Eddie Sanchez ($46,000) def. Soa Palelei ($5,000)
- Lyoto Machida ($60,000) def. Rameau Sokoudjou ($40,0O0)
- Rich Clementi ($28,000) def. Melvin Guillard ($10,000)
- James Irvin ($16,000) def. Luis Cane ($5,000)
- Manny Gamburyan ($20,000) def. Nate Mohr ($6,000)
- Dean Lister ($22,000) def. Jordan Radev ($5,000)
- Roan Carneiro ($10,000) def. Tony DeSouza ($7,000)
- Mark Bocek ($6,000) def. Doug Evans ($3,000)
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Eddie Sanchez earned $50,000 for Knockout of the Night, Georges St. Pierre earned $50,000 for Submission of the Night Bonus, and Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva each earned $50,000 for Fight of the Night at Saturday’s UFC 79 event.The news of the bonuses came out of Saturday’s post-UFC 79 press conference and was confirmed by a handful of MMAjunkie.com sources on hand for the event.
UFC 79 took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and aired live on pay-per-view. The event drew 11,075 attendees for a $4.9 million gate.
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