MMAjunkie.com and Yahoo! Sports are reporting that Fabricio Werdum is next in line for a shot at the UFC heavyweight title. He’ll take on the winner of an interim title fight between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Tim Sylvia that headlines next month’s UFC 81 event.
Werdum earned the shot after defeating Gabriel Gonzaga this past weekend […]
Compustrike has released their statistics for UFC 79 and the numbers demonstrate just how dominating Georges St-Pierre was in his performance against Matt Hughes.
St-Pierre threw 110 strikes and landed 77 (70%) of them while Hughes only managed to land 5 of 15 (33%). The 26-year-old St-Pierre also initiated the only three takedowns of the fight […]
The reported salaries for the fighters at UFC 79: Nemesis are as follows:
Georges St-Pierre - $160,000
Matt Hughes - $100,000
Chuck Liddell - $500,000
Wanderlei Silva - $150,000
Eddie Sanchez - $46,000
Soa Palelei - $5,000
Ryoto Machida - $60,000
Rameau Sokoudjou - $40,000
Rich Clementi - $28,000
Melvin Guillard - $10,000
James Irvin - $16,000
Luis Cane - $5,000
Manny Gamburyan - $20,000
Nate Mohr - $6,000
Dean […]
UFC 79: Nemesis is being headlined by the rubber match between Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Title. Additionally, Chuck Liddell takes on Wanderlei Silva. Here’s the breakdown.
Matt Hughes vs Georges St. Pierre - UFC Welterweight Title
Hughes assumes that he can beat current champ Matt Serra at any time. […]
