Light Heavyweights Houston Alexander and Andre Gusmao will clash on 5/23/09 at UFC 98. Alexander has dropped three in a row after starting his UFC career 2-0
He showed holes in his ground game, getting ground and pounded by Thiago Silva and succumbing to an anaconda choke against Eric Schafer, Gusmao should also test Alexander’s ground game. Read on …

Brock will be fighting on the UFC98 fight card, only his name is Larson not Lesnar.
Welterweights Brock Larson and Chris Wilson will fight on 5/23/09 on the UFC98 fight card. Larson is a strong wrestler with one punch KO power, Read on …

Lightweight contenders Frank Edgar and Sean Sherk will collide on the UFC98 fight card on 5/23/09. Both fighters are just a couple of victories from a title shot. In Sherk’s stellar career, he has lost only to Matt Hughes, St Pierre, and BJ Penn, Read on …

Freestyle MMA will have live results from UFC97 starting at 10pm est. Click below for the results of UFC97.
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The weigh in is scheduled for 4/17/09 at 3pm pst/6pm et
Results for UFC97 weigh in
Main Event – UFC Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva (182) vs Thales Leites (185)

Chuck Liddell (206) vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (206)
Cheick Kongo (232) vs Antoni Hardonk (249)
Steve Cantwell (205) vs Luiz Cane (206)
Krzysztof Soszynski (204) vs Brian Stann (206)

Vinicius Magalhaes (204) vs Eliot Marshall (205)
Denis Kang (185) vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185)
Jason MacDonald (186) vs Nate Quarry (186)
David Loiseau (185) vs Ed Herman (186)
Mark Bocek (154) vs David Bielkheden (157)
Ryo Chonan (171) vs TJ Grant (169)
Sam Stout (155) vs Matt Wiman (155)

UFC Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva puts himself in the UFC’s record books with a win at UFC97. If his efforts against Thales Leites result in a win, Silva will have the most title consecutive wins with 9 as well as tie Tito Ortiz and Matt Hughes with 5 successful title defenses.

Thales Leites has a great Jujitsu game backed up by decent standup, he has been under fire and survived, he lost his UFC debut to Martin Kampmann in 2006 and has remained undefeated since, scoring 5 consecutive wins, including a win over Nate Marquardt.

Look for Silva to bring the pressure early, in response to critics of his performance against Patrick Cote at UFC93, he hit Cote with some hard shots, but couldn’t put him away after two rounds Cote retired in the third with a major knee injury. Silva wants to put away Leites and silence those critics.

The UFC announced three more bouts for it 100th event. Georges St Pierre will face Thiago Alves for St Pierre’s Welterweight Title, The Ultimate Fighter coaches Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson will fight in a Middleweight bout. Light Heavyweights Stephen Bonnar and Mark Coleman will fight as well. The co-main event is Lesnar Mir 2 for the Heavyweight belt. The UFC100 fight card is as good as any put on by Zuffa.