“I’m very focused, I’m ready to go to war. Saturday night, I win this fight or I finish in hospital.”
– Georges St. Pierre mentions during the UFC 79: “Nemesis” pre-fight press conference (via the Canadian Press) that he is prepared to give everything he has during the rubbermatch with Matt Hughes — even if it [...]

Props: MMAWeekly.com.
Note: Lyoto Machida is having some visa troubles that have delayed his arrival to Las Vegas and the Brazilian was unable to attend the press conference. However, it seems he will be in Sin City on fight night to take on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou.
In addition, to check out all the UFC 79 video goodness [...]

Props: FightHype.com and Sherdog.com
Quoteworthy:
“White Chocolate Management, a Hollywood, Florida based management and Promotion Company and its President Reed Wallace have filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit in the State Supreme Court of New York, against Rampage Jackson, Juanito Ibarra and Ibarra’s Mixed Martial Arts Company for breach of contract, interference with contract and defamation arising out of [...]

UFC 79: “Nemesis” is set for tomorrow (Saturday) night on December 29 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view (PPV) event airs at 10 p.m. ET.
Remember: MMAmania.com will provide LIVE updates and blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary of the main card action throughout the telecast. It promises to be a great discussion [...]

Former middleweight champion Evan Tanner (32-6) will return to action against top 185-pound contender Yushin Okami (21-4) at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” on March 1, 2008, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) has learned from a reliable source that bout agreements are signed, marking the return of Tanner after a two-year [...]

Former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will appear on the ESPNews program “Hot List” today (December 27) at 3 p.m. ET to promote his upcoming fight with Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79: “Nemesis” on December 29.
Update — Here’s the video for those who missed the live broadcast:

In addition, we just want to pass along a [...]

Props: Los Angeles Times
Quoteworthy mash up:
“We’re running a business here. This is not ‘Fantasy Island’…. MMA is like a beauty salon, with all these [fighters] sitting around talking about what they’re not getting…. We’ve got lots of millionaires who couldn’t be happier with their life. Lots of guys have taken their money, invested it, and [...]

Had no idea TJ Lavin was such a big MMA fan. Kinda weird.
(Thanks to MMAmania.com reader “Big Al” for the assist.)

“Matt Serra’s condition improved greatly over the past week. The week before he was in intense pain. This week he was still having trouble walking. While watching a training session, he almost considered going to the mat to demonstrate a technique, but then decided it probably wouldn’t be the smartest thing. He hasn’t been able [...]

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