UFC 75 on free tv! Jackson/Hendo!

[orochigeese]

Huge UFC/Pride unification match on free tv? Sounds pretty cool ;D

www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=8285

"The light heavyweight title unification bout between UFC 205-pound ace Quinton Jackson (Pictures) and PRIDE champion Dan Henderson (Pictures) will be broadcast via same-day tape delay on Spike TV, the television network announced through a press release Monday afternoon.

"We are pleased that Spike TV will bring UFC 75 live from London to millions of UFC fans in the U.S. and Canada," said UFC president Dana White. "UFC 75 will be the UFC and PRIDE's first ever unification match -- this fight between 'Rampage' Jackson and Dan Henderson (Pictures) will decide who is the best 205-pound fighter in the two organizations."

Also set for the card, Mirko Filipovic (Pictures) (22-5-2) returns from his devastating loss to Gabriel Gonzaga (Pictures) back in April to confront French striker Cheick Kongo (Pictures) (10-3-1) and undefeated Ultimate Fighter veterans Michael Bisping (Pictures) (13-0-0) and Matt Hamill (Pictures) (3-0-0) take to the cage.


www.sherdog.com/news/pr.asp?n_id=8289

(From another article)

New York, NY, July 16, 2007 -- Spike TV will telecast "UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion," its most star-studded fight card ever, including the network's first-ever UFC® title fight, a unification bout between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and PRIDE's 205-pound Champion Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, on Saturday, September 8 at 9:00 PM ET/PT (same day tape) from The O2 Arena in London, England. UFC 75 also features a major heavyweight battle with international superstar Mirko "Cro Cop" when he takes on France's Cheick Kongo (Pictures). As a special feature, England's own and "The Ultimate Fighter® 3" Light Heavyweight Champion Michael "The Count" Bisping takes on fellow "The Ultimate Fighter 3" cast member Matt "The Hammer" Hamill.

[motosada]

Niiiiiiiiiiice. gg, UFC!

[orochigeese]

I'll definitely be looking forward to this one

gg for UFC indeed ;D

[Leche]

That is.....great

gg

[Steve]

I'd heard rumors...

VERY GG.

[Smacked Ass]

Kongo/Filipovic is a good match-up! Free Hendo vs. Rampage is good with me, too!

[Spunk]

lololol... Dana White has NO faith at all in Rampage as a champion, it is hilarious. I bet you Chuck Liddell's next fight is going to headline a huge PPV and get tons upon tons of hype.

I don't know if Dana realizes Chuck isn't champion anymore.

[orochigeese]

spunk said:

I don't know if Dana realizes Chuck isn't champion anymore.

LOL, same goes for Matt Hughes ;D

[Spunk]

I don't know about Hughes. Hughes never reached the level of sheer popularity that Chuck did. The people that defined UFC during its big surge were as follows; Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, Rich Franklin.

All of them were the coaches on the first 2 seasons of TUF, and 3/4 were champions for a decent amount of time during the initial surge. 2 of them lost their titles and popularity, while Chuck Liddell just kept running through everybody. He was the ESPN Magazine coverboy, as well as the media ambassador throughout most of the surge.

Couture would have, if he didn't retire. Couture is now back, and if anything it is to give the heavyweight title the same sort of cred that the light heavyweight title has.