Inland Empire MMA Friends: UFC 75 is FREE...with THREE TITLES on the line!

Free, Saturday night, Sept. 8th on Spike TV...starts @ 6PM Pacific Time on DishNetwork. Set the date or miss out on the best free night of fights ever.

Check out the site for a preview of the upcoming fights at by clicking here or on the image of the poster above---> UFC 75. If you don't know, 75 is free despite the fact that it's a PPV in Europe and other parts of the world, but thanks to the SPIKE TV/Zuffa LLC contract, it's FREE for all of us fans in the U.S.!

Check out the break down for the fight card as well as an analysis of the whole light-heavyweight division of the UFC/PRIDE on the site. Make sure to click on "Fighter Details" for the biggest names in the division such as Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, Shogun Rua, etc. and you'll see highlights, etc. for each fighter. AWESOME SITE. Although there are other guys out there at 205 lbs. in the world, many of the best are right here now that Dana & Co. have brought the fighters from both camps together. Never before has there really been divisions as deep as the UFC's welterweight (170 lb) and lightheavy's (205 lbs). If you're not big into this sport but think it's interesting, it's time to jump on and do your homework, and this site's a good place to start since they show you highlights and show the records, etc. of each fighter.

http://75.ufc.com/

Remember this event is free, Sept. 8th on regular TV and although it says 9PM, I think it comes on Spike here in Pac time at 7 or 8PM. I'll find out and let you know on the blog and in email. We had a good turn out for UFC 74 which was pay per view, so I imagine even more of you might want to come out. THere are three HUGE fights going on, including the fight that will officially unify PRIDE and UFC since Rampage holds the UFC's lightheavy belt and Henderson holds BOTH the middleweight and LHW titles in PRIDE. So he could potentially hold all three belts if he takes from Jackson what Jackson took from Liddell with the huge right hook.

I know my dad's place is open in Chino Hills, but that might be a bit far for the Riverside crowd. It's up to you guys. If one of you wants to host it, let me know. Ned said he'd do it, but he doesn't have Spike. ); For me it's always "the more the merrier," but in the end I'm such a hardcore fan that I'll watch it all by myself at home (and my DVR is always set to record anything with "UFC," "IFL," or "MMA" in the title.

More info on UFC 75 and why it's an important night for the UFC and MMA.

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion is an upcoming mixed martial arts (MMA) event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event is currently scheduled for Saturday, September 8, 2007 at The O₂ in London, England.^[1] The event will be available on live pay-per-view in the United Kingdom on Setanta Sports, PPV1 in Ireland, and offered on tape delay on Spike TV for North American audiences.^[2]

The main event will be a title unification match between UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and PRIDE Fighting Championships' 83 kg and 93 kg champion, Dan Henderson. British light heavyweight Michael Bisping, who won The Ultimate Fighter 3 contest in 2006, will fight Team Punishment's Matt Hamill, who rivaled with Bisping during the taping of The Ultimate Fighter 3. Also scheduled is a heavyweight bout between PRIDE and K-1 veteran Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović and French Muay Thai kickboxer Cheick Kongo.

The event will be the fourth event held by the UFC in Europe, following UFC 38 in London, England, UFC 70 in Manchester, England, and UFC 72 in Belfast, Northern Ireland .

The title bout will be a unification fight as originally speculated. UFC president Dana White had remarked on July 2, 2007, regarding the question of the Quinton Jackson-Dan Henderson fight being a unification bout:

"No. What we're doing with that thing is we're respecting both (the UFC and PRIDE) titles. The UFC title is the UFC champion and we're respecting Dan as the PRIDE champion. Quinton will walk out with his belt if Dan wins and vice versa." ^[3]

He has since changed that stance, and on July 10, 2007 stated:

"It will absolutely be a unification bout. We have to respect Henderson's titles. He knocked out Wanderlei Silva and had the 185-pound championship. When he fights "Rampage", they both have belts. Why should Dan Henderson get the UFC title if "Rampage" can't get the PRIDE titles? It makes one of them the undisputed guy." ^[4]