CHUCK LIDDELL AND TITO ORTIZ TO COACH SEASON 11 OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER®

Team Quest light heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou is currently in the midst of a European seminar tour. Since his TKO victory over Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84 in May, Thierry has taught seminars in Poland, Sweden and France.

·    Jason Miller dropped a decision to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at Dream 4 in Yokohama, Japan, in the quarterfinal round of the Middleweight Grand Prix 2008. The bout aired live on HDNET.

·    Welterweight Ferrid Kheder is traveling to Europe to compete in events in France and Belgium.

·    Dan Henderson traveled to Toronto to appear at the MMA Expo, where thousands of fans converged to meet their favorite fighters. Representing Team Quest and his Clinch Gear apparel brand, Henderson delivered two days of autograph signings and photo opportunities to appreciative fans.

·    Middleweight Mo Lawal placed second in the US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Trials, narrowly missing a berth in the Beijing Games. After a decorated amateur wrestling career, Mo now has his sights squarely set on earning an MMA world title.

Up and coming Mixed Martial Arts fighter Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida was the talk of the town as he handed Former UFC champion Tito Ortiz a defeat in what was said to be Tito’s last UFC fight. Another big winner appears to be Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell’s supplement company, Iceman Rx which had secured Lyoto Machida as a spokesperson for their nutritional supplement line prior to the fight. Although Chuck Liddell and Lyoto Machida share the same weight class, the business relationship was a simple decision for Iceman Rx, as Lyoto is touted to be a rising star in the Mixed Martial Arts world. “I think it’s great for Iceman Rx and I’m happy to have Machida, a great competitor and humble fighter, represent Iceman Rx at UFC 84. To see my banner in the ring staring down Tito, an old rival of mine, during the introductions and watching Machida pull out a dominant victory was just icing on the cake,” said Liddell when asked about Lyoto wearing the Iceman Rx Brand at UFC 84.

 
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GracieMag.com reports Wanderlei Silva left the following message on his website in appreciation of his fans after his victory Saturday night over Keith Jardine:

“My greatest joy was without a doubt to be able to bring happiness to those of you who never gave up on believing in me. My true friends, now we have been redeemed. I spent the day reading and re-reading the messages from you on the internet. You have no idea how happy I am. I am certain any fighter would love to have fans like you. I went through three hard months, training for this fight, and it wasn’t just once or twice that the messages from you uplifted me and stimulated me to keep on training intensely. This fight was decisive. I was under a lot of pressure. I had to win by all means. But at these tough times I could see you guys were with me. To have the affection of you guys on my side is an honor, it is priceless. I was very moved and felt like crying after the win. Thank God I cry from happiness. At that moment I thought of all of you excited by this so long-awaited moment!! Now you can also talk to me on myspace (myspace.com/wanderleisilva.com). Here I’ll be able to get to know you better. I haven’t the words to thank you enough for the strength you have given me. Let’s beat our chests and celebrate with much joy, because this victory is ours!! Thank you so much.”

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Many people were surprised Sean Sherk stood up with BJ Penn the entire fight last night. One of those people surprised was BJ Penn. “I thought he was going to try to use his combinations try to set up more takedowns, I actually was training a lot of defending takedowns”, noted Penn after the fight. “So when he started going with combinations over and over I was kind of like, “Okay, I got to relax my shoulders, I got to start getting into this thing, because he wants to stand up.” So I was surprised. ”

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In a world where you’re often as good as your last performance, Wanderlei Silva has had a rough time over the past while. Dropping 3 fights in a row, 2 by knockout, and all of the a sudden the “Axe Murderer” no long generated the terrifying appeal as he once had in the view of many fans. 4 straight losses could be very detrimental to his career, so he came in highly prepared for last night’s bout with Keith Jardine. The aggressive killer in the standup realm showed up in full force as Silva laid out Keith Jardine in 36 seconds. Now Silva has some momentum to work with on the road to getting himself back up the ladder at 205.

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Keith Jardine is highly excited to try and become an MMA legend in MMA by defeating one tonight in Wanderlei Silva. “This is a dream, for the second fight in a row I get to beat one of the greatest guys ever in the sport and that’s a real honor for me and I’m really excited about it”, notes Jardine. If Jardine wins tonight he will become the only fighter to defeat both Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. “In the context of history this fight is really huge for me, it’s bigger than a title fight, in the context of history I get to seal my place as one of the all time MMA greats by beating someone great like Wanderlei Silva.”

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Tito Ortiz sported a t-shirt to the UFC 84 weighing saying, “Dana is my bitch.” Constant negative comments in the press from Dana White and Tito Ortiz about one another has been a constant leading up to Ortiz’s final fight in the UFC tonight against Lyoto Machida.

Ortiz has cemented his thoughts on his t-shirts from the very beginning of his MMA career with the UFC. Here are some of the other Ortiz comments he’s adorned on his apparel in the past:

“I Just F____d Your Ass”, vs Jerry Bohlander at UFC 18
“Gay Mezger Is My Bitch”, vs Guy Mezger at UFC 19

“I Just Killed The Axe Murderer”, vs Wanderlei Silva at UFC 25

“RESPECT; I don’t earn it; I just f___in take it!”, vs Yuki Kondo at UFC 29

“If You Can Read This I Just Stomped His Ass”, vs Evan Tanner at UFC 30
“That’s American For Whoop Ass Mate”, vs Australian Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32

Fighting For America”, vs Vladimir Matyushenko about 2 and half weeks after 9-11 at UFC 33

“I Just Killed Kenny, You Bastard”, vs Ken Shamrock at UFC 40

“Who’s Next”, vs Patrick Cote at UFC 50

“Bring Home Our Troops!”, vs Vitor Belfort at UFC 51
“With Great Sacrifice Comes Great Rewards”, vs Forrest Griffin at UFC 59

“If you fight Tito Ortiz You Lose”, vs Ken Shamrock at UFC 61

“Punishing Him Into Retirement”, vs Ken Shamrock at “Ortiz vs Shamrock 3″

“Thanks… U.S. Troops For Fighting For Our Country”, vs Chuck Liddell at UFC 66

“Bad Boy For Life”, vs Rashad Evans at UFC 73

What I can’t wait for is being in the middle of the 2nd round, middle of the 3rd round and just sweaty, bloody, tired and just me and him (Wanderlei) seeing who the bigger man that day is, and that’s fun and that’s what we’re in the sport for. All the press interviews, all the pre-fight stuff, it’s really just garbage. I’m here just to get to the middle of the 2nd, middle of the 3rd round and you’re surviving on guts and instinct, and that’s what’s fun, it’s what we live for as fighters.