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Chuck Liddell and girlfriend get engaged Posted: 13 Jun 2008 11:18 PM CDT His conquests inside the Octagon are perhaps only eclipsed by his conquests inside the bedroom. Perhaps no longer. MMAmania.com has earned that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell is getting married. We have no details on the bride-to-be … just some random pictures. He recently popped the question and it’s possible that a romantic trip to London, England, for UFC 85: “Bedlam” last week was the deal maker. The 38-year-old Liddell has two children — a daughter Trista and a son Cade. Congrats, “Iceman.” (Thanks as always to Tracy Lee of CombatLifestyle.com for the pics. See more right here.)

Elite XC weigh-in results for ‘Return of the King’ on Showtime Posted: 13 Jun 2008 10:45 PM CDT Elite XC: "Return of the King" at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, is set for tomorrow (June 14), airing LIVE on premium cable network Showtime at 10 p.m. ET. Fighters today all tipped the scales for the event and here are the results: KJ Noons (160) vs. Yves Edwards (158.5) Nick Diaz (169) vs. Muhsin Corbbrey (163.5) Murilo “Ninja” Rua (184) vs. Tony Bonello (185) Dave “Pee Wee” Herman (243.5) vs. Ron Waterman (263) Rafael Feijao (205) vs. Wayne Cole (204) Kala Kolohe (186) vs. Bubba McDaniel (184.5) Kepa Madeiros (171.5) vs. Carl Barton (183) Russell Doane (135) vs. Dwayne Haney (133.5) PJ Dean (160.5) vs. Dean Lista (160) Lolohea Mahe (260) vs. Chris Barnard (232.5) Kaleo Kwan (160) vs. Mike Aina (160) Mark Oshiro (140.5) vs. Chris “Red Bull” Willems (141.5) MMAmania.com will provide complete results and coverage of the event tomorrow evening — it’s solid line up of mixed martial arts competition. Don’t miss it … but if you do you know where to get the skinny.

Dana White backpedals on major announcement? Posted: 13 Jun 2008 08:30 PM CDT Props: Baltimore Sun Quoteworthy: “I'm doing it Tuesday. Let me tell you how out of [expletive deleted] control that thing is. I was talking to ESPN and [the reporter] was talking about competition and I said, 'Let me tell you what. People have been trying to compete with the UFC for years, even before we bought it. The last big one everyone thought was a big threat … was the IFL. They went public, raised 800-[expletive deleted] million dollars, then they were talking about doing fighter benefits and stuff. They got the first network deal and those other guys weren't the first on. They got time on 60 Minutes with us when 60 Minutes did their piece on us, and now the IFL is gone. They are [expletive deleted] down, their stock is worth half a cent (Editor’s note: IFLI closed today at $0.02). That's what we were talking about that day and I said I'm going to make an announcement to my employees that shows everyone exactly where this business is going in the next couple years. I said I wanted to make the announcement to my employees, so it's not even like I was making a big announcement to the media. If I was doing that I would've had a big news conference and then gone off to London. I wanted to wait until I was back to do it. It's a big [expletive deleted] announcement, it's a big [expletive deleted] deal but I got a lot of other stuff we're working on right now. It was never anything I said I was going to announce to the media…. I wanted to do it after I got back from England and I got back late Wednesday. Also, all of our people are going to be in town next week for The Ultimate Fighter finale. All of our production guys, Joe Rogan, I mean everyone who works for the UFC is coming to it.” It’s apparently still a big fucking announcement, but he never intended for it to be announced to the media. That certainly rules out “going public” even though White has shot down those rumors fast and furious. Interesting clue that the announcement is somehow tied to the IFL and competition. Whatever. This site is done passing along news on this matter until Tuesday when we hear it from the horse’s mouth. Feel free to speculate and go nuts in the comments section below.

The most shocking twist in The Ultimate Fighter history! Posted: 13 Jun 2008 04:02 PM CDT So shocking, in fact, that UFC President Dana White is calling out all UFC fans to tune in: The episode is 90 minutes and it airs on Spike TV on Wednesday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET.

Watch Adrenaline MMA online this Saturday Posted: 13 Jun 2008 01:39 PM CDT With less than 36 hours until its first-ever event, Adrenaline MMA today announced that it will makes its show this weekend at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., available to watch LIVE online for free thanks to a new partnership with Vividas — a leading developer and provider of video streaming technology. That means that those who don’t live in the Chicago area and/or don’t have HDNet in their channel line ups can still catch all the mixed martial arts action that starts at 6 p.m. ET. Here’s a snip from Adrenaline MMA President and CEO Monte Cox: "Those MMA fans who can't see the fights live or watch on HDNet will have the opportunity to see all the fights, including the preliminaries, live through Vividas. Our undercard is as loaded as our main event.” For more details and information hit up the Adrenaline MMA official Web site right here or visit Vividas.com. And for those who are fortunate enough to have HDNet the main card action will begin at 9:30 p.m. ET. Remember that those in attendance who spring for ringside seats will be able to meet up with special guests that include former UFC champions Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia, as well as Ben Rothwell. Check out the complete Adrenaline MMA line up after the jump. Main event: Mike Russow vs. Jason Guida Main card: Daiju Takase vs. Terry Martin Forrest Petz vs. Brian Gassaway Anthony Lapsley vs. Mark Miller Jeff Cox vs. Bart Palaszewski Jay Ellis vs. Rory Markham Jameel Massouh vs. Clay French Preliminary bouts: Herc Hayes vs. Kerry Schall Aaron Rosa vs. Ron Fields Dave Kleczkowski vs. Hector Urbina Dom O'Grady vs. Mike Stumpf Joe Jordan vs. Ryan Williams Louis Taylor vs. Adam Maciejewski Joe Pearson vs. John Hosman

UFC 88: Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans main event likely Posted: 13 Jun 2008 10:56 AM CDT Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (21-5) will likely take on Rashad Evans (11-0-1) during the UFC 88 main event at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, September 6. MMAmania.com learned about the match up several weeks ago; however, an independent ESPN.com report has today confirmed the possibility, indicating that bout agreements have not been signed despite verbal commitments. The pair was originally booked to headline the UFC 85: “Bedlam” pay-per-view (PPV) on June 7; however, a hamstring injury forced the “Iceman” off the card. Rather than take a risky fight against a dangerous and unknown opponent such as Luis Arthur Cane on short notice, Evans, too, opted to postpone his appearance at the London show. Liddell rebounded from back-to-back losses in 2007 to outpoint Wanderlei Silva in a thrilling three-round war at UFC 79: “Nemesis” back in December. He was initially supposed to meet up with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (not Evans) at UFC 85, but an injury to the Brazilian forced him to pull out of the monster showdown. Most reports indicate that Rua will not be fit until the latter part of 2008, making it difficult for Liddell — the organization’s top draw and its most recognizable fighter — to sit on the sidelines and wait. Evans has actually been out of action longer than Liddell — he hasn’t competed since a split decision win over Michael Bisping at UFC 78: “Validation” back in November 2007. The undefeated heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 2 has won six straight fights inside the Octagon (with a draw against Tito Ortiz in there) and will certainly cement his status as a top contender in the loaded light heavyweight division with a win over Liddell. It’s a huge opportunity. This recent development means that the rumors that UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva would move up to 205 pounds to challenge Liddell were nothing more than speculation … at least for now.

Rampage Jackson: ‘If you want to see someone get their ass whooped’ watch UFC 86 (Video) Posted: 13 Jun 2008 09:41 AM CDT

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