It’s official…finally! Wanderlei Silva and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson will meet for a third time on Dec. 27 at UFC 92. Also confirmed for the card are Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship.
Dana White confirmed the news with Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports.
MMARated.com has an audio interview up with MMA Live host John Anik. Anik talks about his background, the evolution of the show, and if it will ever make it on ESPN or ESPN 2.
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The GAEC has released the fighter payouts for UFC 88 “Breakthrough.” Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional “locker room” bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.
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Franklin, Hamill, Henderson, and Marquardt after the jump.
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This is definitely the Gonzaga/Cro Cop KO of ‘08. Rashad looked like a little Mike Tyson right there. What a shot!
Whenever someone pisses you off, and you imagine knocking them out, that’s exactly what it looks like. You know it’s true.
On a quick side note, it looks like Rashad’s lightning fast right hand has earned him a title shot.
“Sugar” Rashad Evans (12-0-1) will fight Fighters.com’s Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin (16-4) for the UFC 205 title, announced UFC President Dana White Sunday morning in Atlanta.
Evans viciously knocked out Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked light heavyweight “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-6) in the second round Saturday night in Atlanta.
“How can you say he doesn’t deserve a title shot,” White told media after the surprise “W”.
Guess Dana didn’t need to think too hard about that one.
(Thanks to “Smoogy” on the UG for the gif & Fightlinker for the story find)
UFC 88: Breakthrough took place this evening at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chuck Liddell looked to earn his shot at the UFC light heavyweight title with a win over undefeated Rashad Evans.
Rich Franklin made his return to light heavyweight in a fight against friend and former training partner Matt Hamill.
Dan Henderson faced off against BJJ expert Rousimar Palhares in an attempt to end his two-fight losing streak inside the Octagon.
Martin Kampmann and Nate Marquardt battled it out to get one step closer to a shot at UFC Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva.
Results and wrap-up after the jump.
UFC 88 “Breakthrough” will take place tomorrow, September 6, at 10PM ET/7PM PT at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and will air live on pay-per-view. The weigh-ins will be held today at 4PM ET and will stream live from UFC.com.
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