UFC® Fight Night™ FIGHT FOR THE TROOPS
9pm ET/PT
UFC® Fight for the Troops will be a 3 hour live event to benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The fight will be aired free on Spike, and viewers will be able to call in their donations to help the National Intrepid Center for Excellence.
All but 30 event tickets will be given free of charge to active military on duty at Fort Bragg. Bid now on one of those 30 tickets reserved for the public.
The National Intrepid Center for Excellence provides services to military men and women who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Fans can also donate now http://fallenheroesfund.ufc.com.
The Ultimate Fighter® Finale
Dec-13 9:00PM ET
The Finale features the last battles for the Lightweight and Light Heavyweight Ultimate Fighter® Team Noguiera vs Team Mir season winners.
UFC® 92 THE ULTIMATE 2008
7pm PT / 10pm ET
It’s the ultimate event of the year with the original Ultimate Fighter®, Forrest Griffin defending his title against “Sugar” Rashad Evans. Then the Ultimate Fighter® coaches face off as Interim World Heavyweight Champion, Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira takes on former heavyweight champion, Frank Mir. Plus, two of the hardest hitting light heavyweights go toe-to-toe when Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva battles former light heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 – Saturday, December 27, live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
UFC® 93 FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON
8pm GMT
In the light heavyweight main event, former two-division world champion Dan Henderson will collide with former UFC middleweight king Rich Franklin in three-round war which will set the tone for the 205lbs division in 2009.
Then, 2005 PRIDE® Grand Prix Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua returns to the Octagon™ to throw down with UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in a rematch MMA fans thought they would never see. The pair last met in Japan in 2006, with the legendary Coleman pulling off a stunning upset by breaking Rua’s arm in the first round.
UFC® 94 ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2
7pm PT/10pm ET
In March 2006, top welterweights Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn fought for the division’s No. 1 contender’s spot. St-Pierre earned a razor-thin split decision and went on to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship® welterweight title. Penn dropped to the lightweight division and won the organization’s 155-pound title.
Now they’re about to do it again. But this time, there’s much more at stake. UFC® lightweight champion BJ Penn looks to be the first fighter in history to hold two UFC® championships at the same time when he faces Georges St-Pierre for the UFC® welterweight championship at UFC® 94: ST-PIERRE VS. PENN 2, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 31, 2009.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you ask most longtime MMA fans (and competitors) who their favorite fighter is, if Wanderlei Silva isn’t at the top of the list, he’s at least in the top five. But what is it about “The Axe Murderer” that has garnered him a legion of fans around the world over the last 12 years? Is it the staredowns, the loosening of his wrists before a fight? Nah, it’s all about the fights, and here are seven that made Silva the fighter he is today.
Frank Curreri, WEC - On paper, Will Ribeiro has all the skills necessary to win a world title. He has competed in 80 boxing matches, trained with Brazil’s Olympic boxing team, holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is coming off a win over former WEC bantamweight champ Chase Beebe. With so many weapons in his MMA arsenal, will it be enough for the 25-year-old Ribeiro to deal Brian Bowles his first loss? Ribeiro (9-1) recently took a break from his training to discuss Wednesday’s fight at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel, his impressions of Bowles and his humble beginnings in Rio De Janeiro.
Michael 'the Count' Bisping is 'counting' on your vote to help crown him Britain's Coolest Man. The pride of Lancashire, England, has looked extremely frosty in defeating all three of his middleweight opponents in 2008, and has looked pretty cool outside of the Octagon. Now the UK's top mixed martial artist needs you to vote for him as the Coolest Man of 2008 in Zoo Magazine's annual poll. Simply click on the link below and vote for the Count. http://www.zootoday.com/lateststuff/archive/2008/11/18/who-s-2008-s-coolest- brit-bloke.htm
Armando Alvarez, WEC - Manny Tapia describes himself as the nicest guy in the world, someone who wouldn't hurt a fly, a peacemaker of sorts. The 10 opponents he's defeated in his mixed martial arts career would beg to differ, at least inside the cage. Now this nice guy from Riverside, CA looks to become a world champion when he takes on WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres Wednesday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
Muscle & Fitness magazine, the world's largest bodybuilding publication, features an intense cover with Frank Mir hitting newsstands this week. The reporter, Jon Finkel, goes into Frank's training camp to watch the drills, workouts, sparring and ground work that will be essential for the former heavyweight champion going into UFC92 on December 27. There, The Ultimate FighterR coaches will face off as Interim World Heavyweight Champion, Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira takes on the Mir, the M&F cover guy. Mir's playful side emerges in the story but that belies the real undertow that Mir knows this is a critical win for him. Pick up the January issue of Muscle & Fitness today!
Armando Alvarez, WEC - For some winning isn't everything; it's the only thing. For Miguel Angel Torres winning is only part of the equation; part of his accomplishments and his life's goals. It sounds hard to believe when you're 34-1 and the WEC bantamweight champion, but in Torres' case winning is a catapult that has made him for now the face of mixed martial arts in the Hispanic community; a community he's given back to and that he hopes to be an inspiration for.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - One of mixed martial arts' true superstars, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson returns to the Octagon on December 27th to face rival Wanderlei Silva in what is expected to be one of 2008’s best bouts. But Jackson’s third fight against “The Axe Murderer” is just latest in a series of defining moments for the pride of Memphis, Tennessee.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - It was the gamble of a lifetime. 
