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UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion on Spike TV!

Dan Henderson vs. Quinton Jackson
NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ — Spike TV will telecast "UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion," its most star-studded fight card ever, including the network’s first-ever UFC(R) title fight, a unification bout between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and PRIDE’s 205-pound Champion Dan "Hollywood

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Shogun Will Make his UFC Octagon Debut at UFC 76

Mauricio Shogun Rua

UFC champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (27-6-0) has fought a lot of tough guys, but ask him who’s the toughest of them all and he’ll give you a one-word answer.

Shogun.

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (16-2-0) is recognized around the world as one of the best, if not the very best, light heavyweight fighter in the world. Since m

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MARCUS AURELIO SIGNS WITH UFC!

Marcus AurelioMarcus "Maximus" Aurelio has signed a 4 fight deal with the UFC!!

Great news for the American Top Team Fighter who gets to showcase his skills to a whole new audience. Marcus has a incredible Jiu-Jitsu, and is best known for his ZST Grand Prix tournament victories, and his stunning win over then PRIDE Champion

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UFC Champion Quinton Jackson ESPN Interview

Newly crowned UFC Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is living the life right after his explosive first round knockout performance of Chuck Liddell. Check out this video interview of him from ESPN news. Rampage is to fight Pride Fighting Champion Dan Henderson possibly at either UFC 76 or UFC 77 in the fall.

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Tito Ortiz Interview

Tito Ortiz 

Chris Howie of MMANews.com reports: This is Chris Howie with MMAnews.com and I’m joined today by “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy”, Tito Ortiz. How are you doing today Tito?

Tito Ortiz: Good my man. How are you?

MMANews.com: I’m not doing too bad at all. I’ve seen this weekend you have an autogr

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Fertitta Brothers Buy Pride! It’s Official!

Feritta brothers

Fans of the world’s two biggest mixed martial arts promotions, the Nevada-based Ultimate Fighting Championship and Japan’s Pride Fighting Championship, have argued long and loud over which group boasts the best fighters.

That question remains unresolved. But on a business level, there’s no doubt about the result: U

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Fertitta brothers to announce Pride purchase Tuesday at Press Conference

pride ufc

By CO: The long-standing rumors took one more step to being confirmed. According to MMAWeekly.com, the Japanese media is beginning to report that the Fertitta brothers (UFC majority owners) have purchased Pride. The Tokyo newspaper, SportsHoci in particular is the first to report the story. Pride has had a press conference scheduled for Tuesday in Japan, according to repo

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