Tanner, 37, had blogged ominously about his trip into the desert to “cleanse” as written on his Spike journal:

“I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment, could cost me my life”

Already on Evan Tanner’s website is a tribute to him, a great man as an individual and a fighter. He will be sorely missed inside and outside of the Octagon. Please leave all tributes below.

“BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ONE”

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Still not convinced? Dan Henderson and Nate Marquardt are in the line up too. It’s going to be a blaze of a card. Worth paying for. UFC88 Fight Results will be posted after the fight.

• Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
• Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill
• Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Nate Marquardt vs. Martin Kampmann
• Thiago Tavares vs. Kurt Pellegrino
• Tim Boetsch vs. Mike Patt
• Matt Brown vs. Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim
• Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
• Jason Lambert vs. Jason MacDonald

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It’s officially official, durrrr, Lyoto Machida will be fighting his fellow countryman Thiago Silva for the light heavyweight championship in Birmingham England on October, 18.

It’s great to see the UFC go international but watching these fights are a pain.

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Police say Jackson was arrested Tuesday in Costa Mesa after a three-mile chase that began as the result of 2 freeway collisions and another crash when he allegedly ran red lights in his 2008 Ford F250 pickup.

During the chase, police say Jackson allegedly drove over the raised median of the roadway, drove onto a sidewalk, causing pedestrians to flee, and a tire on his truck disintegrated before he taken into custody without incident.

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The co-main event on that card is Patrick Cote versus Ricardo Almeida, the big dog! This is going to be a banger to say the least. I am recording the fight at home to watch that one over and over again, I hope it lives up to my expectations. That said, I also have the main event which should laso be a sick fight!

Joe Stevenson makes a return after his blood bath battle loss to BJ Penn. Also on the card we have a lot of big fights - Gabriel Gonzaga is on the freakin’ undercard, I know, WTF?!

If you haven’t bought this PPV you should run home now and order it or at least go find it in a bar.

The Main Event

• States Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
• Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
• Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau
• Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle
• Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Preliminary card

• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
• Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller
• Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
• States Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz

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So instead of seeing Anderson Silva decimating another opponent you get to see Chuck slug it out against Rashad Evans, are you happy about that? You should be.

Atlanta, Georgia - September 6th 2008! Let’s get it on!

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Nat Marquardt lost, that was a pretty big upset but it was a decision and decision losses don’t really seem to count for a lot in my book so hopefully Nate doesn’t fall down too many rungs on that ladder.

Some big wins for Matt Wiman, Fabricio Werdum and Michael Bisping (on home ground). All in all there was enough action to make UFC85 Bedlam a good event well worth the PPV money.

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Meanwhile, Wanderlei Silva confirmed his status as an Axe Murderer with a KO on Keith Jardine. It looked scary at times and I think I counted perhaps three but definitely two times when Jardine was knocked out and came to before the final KO.

Goran Reljic looked to be winning the fight initially with kicks and good punches until Wilson Gouveia looked like he was coming back. All of a sudden Goran Reljic flurried and the fight was stopped after a barrage of punches by Reljic were going unanswered and undefended.

Lyoto Machida beat Tito Ortiz in a very tough to watch fight. I was screaming for Tito as Machida stuffed all his takedown attempts and it was hard to watch as Tito was picked at with jabs and flashy kicks. Tito just couldn’t get inside to do his job, Machida fought an intelligent battle with a lackluster demonstration. If this was Tito’s last fight the its a shame that the UFC didn’t give him a good match up - probably Dana’s last knife in the back…

Sokoudjou won, he’ll probably stay in the UFC for a few more fights. Yoshi Yoshida finished with a nice Anaconda Choke that had his opponent asleep for a good few seconds before the referee realized. Shane Carwin KTFO of Christian Wellisch.

All in all a good UFC event worth $50 but a shame that Sean Sherk were boo’d by stupid assholes and that BJ Penn is an asshole too. Hey BJ, take a leaf out of your opponents book, don’t do stupid shit like that blood licking crap and be humble in victory and gracious in defeat.

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A source close to BJ Penn recently commented on BJ’s preparation for Sean Sherk. BJ is currently training with WEC 140 lbs champ Urijah Faber out in Hawaii.

It’s well known that BJ Penn and cardio aren’t exactly fond of one another and many insiders see him being at a disadvantage in this fight because of his lack of conditioning. This is especially true as Sherk is famous for grinding fights out into the later rounds and not necessarily aiming to finish his opponents but  APPARENTLY, BJ’s cardio is tip-top right now.

BJ’s BJJ coach (wait a minute… what the hell did I just say?) Charuto, even went so far as to say that BJ would take Sherk down. And I quote:

“BJ will take Sherk down.”

See….. I told you he said that!

Come May 24th we will find out just whom will be taking down whom and whether BJ really has been training or just suckin’ back them cheeseburgers!

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Due to Chuck Liddell’s grotesquely torn quad muscle, the UFC brass have been forced to come up with a new main event for UFC 85 in London.

Knowing that Chuck’s opponent, Rashad Evans isn’t a huge main event draw (see UFC 78) they have asked former Welterweight kingpin Matt Hughes to step in against up and comer Thiago Alves.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not all that excited about this main event, particularly since Hughes has been known to put on snoozer performances against anyone not named BJ Penn or GSP in recent years.

On the brightside however, the undercard is shaping up pretty good with a few potential barn burners in Werdum vs Vera and Davis vs Swick. See 2 posts below for full card details……

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Light Heavyweight title match between title holder Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin after the Ultimate Fighter series has concluded and there has been enough beef built up between the two fighters. There will be more fights to be announced.

• Quinton Jackson Vs. Forrest Griffin
• Joe Stevenson Vs. Gleison Tibau
• Frank Mir Vs. Justin McCully
• Melvin Guillard Vs. Dennis Siver

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After defeating the Axe Murderer, Wanderlei Silva at UFC79 Chuck Liddell is back this time to face Rashad Evans.

• Chuck Liddell Vs. Rashad Evans
• Fabricio Werdum Vs. Brandon Vera
• Jorge Rivera Vs. Martin Kampmann
• Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick
• Nate Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites
• Matt Wiman Vs. Thiago Tavares
• Jason Lambert Vs. Luiz Cane
• Roan Carneiro Vs. TBD

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Lightweight title match between BJ Penn and Sean Sherk

• BJ Penn Vs. Sean Sherk
• Wanderlei Silva Vs. Keith Jardine
• Wilson Gouveia Vs. Goran Reljic
• Tito Ortiz Vs. Lyoto Machida
• Thiago Silva Vs. Antonio Mendes
• Ivan Salaverry Vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Rameau Sokoudjou Vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
• Terry Etim Vs. Rob Emerson
• Jon Koppenhaver Vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
• Jason Tan Vs. Dong Hyun Kim
• Christian Wellisch Vs. Shane Carwin

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….. Or gets fired from UFC, depending on who you ask.

It has been reported that Starnes has opted out of his contract with UFC after a less than impressive “fight” with Nate Quarry at UFC83. Kalib spent the majority of the bout back pedaling and generally avoiding engagement with “The Rock”, eliciting Quarry’s impression of “The Running Man” and a horde of boo’s from the crowd at the Bell Center.

Why Starnes was so defensive is anyone’s guess as he has made no excuses for the loss. He certainly did not show any signs of the fighter who defeated the dangerous Chris Leben last year. Dana White (who contradicted Starnes by claiming the Middleweight was released from his contract) commented “He just doesn’t belong in the UFC and after his performance the other night, he should consider a new line of work”.

Thanks for that Dana. Very professional as always……

It’s a shame that it ends like this for Kalib as he is certainly a lot better than he showed on Saturday. UFC-Fights.com wishes Kalib success in his future endeavors.

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Georges St Pierre OWNED Matt Serra. After many unprotected knee to Matt Serra’s body the referee called it a day with 15 seconds to go in the second round.

Rich Franklin was convincing against Travis Lutter and shut that mofo’s trap up so that no more crap can come out of it. TKO strikes in the second round, the crowd loved this fight which was the “co-main event”. Yeah right, it was all about George St Pierre and he pleased the home crowd with a very convincing win.

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There are 5 or 6 Canadian fighters on the card and they have Joe Doerksen fighting Jason MacDonald, two Canadians fighting each other which is a waste of a fight - they definitely should have pitted them against fighters from the USA and made it UFC58 part two!

OK, let’s cut to the chase. This is USA versus Canada. This is the very American Matt Serra versus the very (French) Canadian Georges St Pierre! This is UFC83 and it’s going to be amazing just for this fight alone.

Here is the fight card for UFC83

• Matt Serra Vs. Georges St-Pierre
• Travis Lutter Vs. Rich Franklin
• Nate Quarry Vs. Kalib Starnes
• Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael Bisping
• Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig
• Joe Doerksen Vs. Jason MacDonald
• Jason Day Vs. Alan Belcher
• Ed Herman Vs. Demian Maia
• Rich Clementi Vs. Sam Stout
• Brad Morris Vs. Cain Velasquez
• Kuniyoshi Hironaka Vs. Jonathan Goulet

Ed Herman is still fighting in the UFC, surprised? No, yes, whatever your answer is he hasn’t had much exposure but “Short Fuse” is 14-4 and on a run of three wins after 2 losses.

We have to watch out for the Demian Maia fight, he could potentially bring some new flair to the UFC in the form of explosive ground work and submissive power. Unfortunately this is deep near the bottom of the card so we might not see it.

Moving higher up this not amazing undercard we have Mark Bocek taking on Mac Danzig. If Frank Edgar hadn’t lost that decision to Gray Maynard at Fight Night 13 then he’d been in a good position for a shot at the title, alas it looks like the winner of the Boce/Danzig fight will get a title shot. My money is on Mac Danzig, he has the experience, the all round fighting skill and youth - he’s 28, still growing and maturing and getting stronger and more experienced.

Rich Franklin needs to beat Travis Lutter. It’s almost like the Chuck Liddell scenario in that he needs to get back on the horse and start winning fights. He has no direct route back to Anderson Silva any time soon and he needs to start training and fighting and getting ready for that fight. Looking forward its easy to see a Silva/Franklin rematch but its not easy to see Franklin coming out on top of that one.

The main event

It doesn’t have to be the super stellar undercard because at the end of the day you can have a couple of beers and watch some decent fights with Danzig, Bisping and Franklin breaking up the monotony. Georges St Pierre is deep within his Canadian stronghold of Montreal, Canada and without a shadow of a doubt this is one of the first of the BIGGEST fights for Montreal that will happen tonight (the second being the hopeful elimination of the Boston Bruins with an away win by Les Habitants).

Georges St Pierre is the Ultimate Fighter. You just need to look at his conquest list to see an impressive number of fighters he has submitted or TKO’d - he’s only had 3 fights go the distance and he won all of them. This guys is 27 years old and he has already beaten the likes of Hughes, Penn and Sherk - in short, he’s building up a massive list of fighters that he has dispatched of. An overall record of 15 and 2, compare that to Matt Serra…

Matt Serra is 34 years old and hasn’t had the impressive list of fighters that he’s defeated and he’s only had 9 and 4 record. He lost to BJ Penn but he did beat Yves Edwards in his day. He’s a good fighter with a lot of heart but he’s not Georges St Pierre… Like that Jean Claude Van Damme movie “Double Impact”, the only guy who could beat JC VD is JC VD, and I think its the same with GSP.

Matt Serra will have trained as hard as hell for this fight as will GSP. This fight is goign to be great, it’s no lie that I think GSP will dominate this fight as he has the whole package but I am sure that Serra will bring his lion heart into the Octagon and this will be awesome.

Look out for the fight results later.

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If your answer to the above question is ‘yes’ and you have an XBOX360 then rejoice, because you will have your chance to blast “Little Evil” this Saturday night when he will be playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in a scheduled online session during the promotional “Live Fire Weekend”. Taken from the official XBOX website:

“On Friday, April 18 from 6-9 p.m. EDT, (COD4) gamers can play with more than a dozen developers from Infinity Ward and then on Saturday night from 9-11 p.m. EDT Mixed Martial Arts phenom, Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver (gamertag: COD4JensPulver) will join the online action.”

Jens is known to be a bit of a game nerd, so if you choose to take him on you better come prepared!

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Now I know what you’re thinking, but no, I’m not going to write yet ANOTHER article trashing Rich Franklin. Rich has my respect after proving he is a class act in defeat at UFC 77. And no, I’m not going to reference the 1974 Gremlin hatchback I acquired through trade for a signed picture of “Ace” either. Oops! I guess I just did. Oh well, we’re off to a good start then aren’t we?

With Franklin set to take on human raisin Travis Lutter at UFC 83, one can’t help but wonder exactly what he’s hoping to accomplish in the Middleweight Division at this point in his career?

Surely he can’t be planning ANOTHER violent encounter with division champion Anderson Silva’s knee? Surely he knows now after 2 overwhelming defeats at the hands of Silva that he simply has no answers for The Champ’s offence? Well maybe not. Some fighters are pretty stubborn, and will waste the duration of their careers trying to beat a fighter who just has their number…..

Anyone ever hear of a guy named Ken Shamrock?

The Lutter fight will be the first on Franklin’s new 6 fight contract with the UFC. Assuming he wins, what’s he going to do with the other 5 fights? Run through a few middleweight pylons in an effort to secure another shot at Silva and, more than likely another date with one of “The Spider’s” knees?

I personally would love to see him go back up to his natural weight class and fight at 205. A potential rematch with Lyoto Machida would be a big draw. As would a “Superfight” with Chuck Liddell. What about an encounter with Wanderlei? Or Shogun? All of these fights are more stimulating than watching Rich’s nose be relocated to the other side of his face yet again……..

So whaddaya say Rich????

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It’s kinda ironic that a fighter as lackluster and boring as Tim Sylvia would join “Andrenaline” MMA. Perhaps they will pump him so full of artificial adrenaline that he will wake up and actually do something except use his height and weight and push a fighter against the cage whilst everyone else sleeps.

Good luck Tim, we’ll miss you when you leave July 4th.

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Blah blah blah, Frank. Shut the funk up. Who cares?! We all know you’re engineering a fake ass publicity stunt because you two are going to fight some day soon when this feud reaches boiling point. I doubt this fight will outsell Tito Ortiz Vs Ken Shamrock.

Does anyone want to see this fight? I doubt it will happen in the UFC.

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Who will the the great Russian Emperor fight now? It remains to be seen if UFC (Dana) will swallow its GIGANTIC pride and pay the guy. This is what fight fans have been waiting forever for. This will top the bad blood fight of Ortiz and Shamrock. Let’s get it on already FFS!

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Jackson’s last fight was his first defense of his title against Dan Henderson via unanimous boredom. Let’s hope that young blood Griffin brings some spark to the Octagon and kicks the crap out of Rampage. I know he’s defended the title once but I want to see a new title holder already!

Griffin knows all about being TUF since he won the first season of it. He earned his shot at Rampage after beating Mauricio Rua by rear naked choke way back last September. It was a shock to see that happen, I’m not going to lie but he won fair and square and was impressive en route.

This will undoubtedly be a HUGE event. I’m looking forward to it.

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Seriously, does anyone want to see this fight?

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That’s right kids, the only man that is left for Couture to fight is Fedor Emelianenko, so much so that he left his contract blowing (somewhere) in the wind way back after beating Gabriel Gonzaga to take the UFC heavyweight championship belt.

Meanwhile things aren’t working out too well with Fedor Emelianenko and thus he is being released from his contract next week. Looks like M-1 didn’t work out too well, besides, the UFC has the money so it makes sense that he’ll come over and fight in the Octagon.

Watch this space for more news. It’s like the Liddell Vs Wandy fight that we thought would never happen but it did! I’ll leave you with butthead’s (Dana White) comments about Fedor:

Emelianenko is about to get out of his M-1 Global contract, and, in the words of his manager, “Officially, yes, Fedor will be a free agent.” UFC President Dana White responded to that news by saying he would try to sign Emelianenko, “Absolutely, 100 percent, in a heartbeat. People think he’s the best - I don’t, not even close. But if it’s somehow possible, I would make it happen.”

GREAT attitude. That’s REALLY gonna make the guy want to sign. Another reason why I think the fight may not happen in the UFC is because of Couture’s public outing of how the UFC rips off their fighters.

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