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[18 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
UFC 97 is back on and staying in Montreal

As we previously wrote about UFC 97 was having some problems and may be moved or cancelled.
According to CorrusSports the show is not being moved and will remain at the Bell Centre. This comes as a sigh of relief as a move or cancellation of this event couldve resulted in UFC 100 being moved out to a later date.
The UFC 97 card has been finalized and the two larger matchups are Mauricio Shogun Rua against Chuck the Iceman Liddell and Anderson Silva defending his Middleweight Title against Thales Leites. …

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[13 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
UFC 97 Controversy - Could it Affect UFC 100?

As reported yesterday, UFC 97 set for April in Montreal, Canada has hit a major snag.  According to the Quebec Athletic Commission, the event cannot go on unless the UFC accepts some significant rule changes, most notably doing away with elbows and knees, fighting in a smaller octagon, and stopping the fight whenever a fighter falls to the ground.  Needless to say, that’s the kind of news that will cause Dana to set all kinds of F-bomb records.
So what’s the UFC to do?  There have been talks about cancellation, and …