First pictures of Chuck Liddell action figure.

Chuck Liddell's action figure picture was released today to MMAjunkie.com from JAKKS Pacific, the action figures are sure to make fans out of young children who are new to the sport. I'm really surprised this was not done earlier especailly with the revenue an action figure can bring in. In a interview with MMAJunkie.com Jeremy Parader said they can bring in $1.5 Billion in revenue alone.
"The potential exposure for the UFC at Wal-Mart alone is staggering. Consider that 8 out of 10 American households shop at Wal-Mart at least once a year, and worldwide, more than 176 million customers visit the discount retailer every week. This is brand exposure in a major retail setting that puts the UFC on the same store shelves with the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA."

I dont know about you but all the little boys 6 and under are getting the Wanderlei Silva "Rape Choke grip" action figure along with the Dana White "I have tourettes" action figure. The Tim Sylvia "crapped stained pants" action figure and the Pride "Juice accessories set" and the Danny Abbadi "I'm an Ultimate fighter" Non-action figure.

Nominees for Greatest MMA fight of all time.

Royce Gracie Vs Kazushi Sakuraba, Pride GP 2000.We have received over 7,000 picks for our polls in the month we have been up and they have caused a lot of debate and arguments. Which is always a good thing, except when we miss a few key fighters or fights that can slip through the cracks. So before I start probably what is going to be our most debated topic to date. I wanted to ask everyone first their opinions.
What is the greatest fight in MMA history?
As we all know there are a lot of wars between two fighters which we can remember. In this poll I want to add significance also, the fight needed to have a impact on all of MMA or had to just be one of the greatest fights people will talk about for years.
Here are the first nominees I have so far.
Fedor Emelianenko Vs Mirko Cro Cop, Pride Final conflict 2005
Possibly the most biggest and most anticipated fights in MMA history. Fedor's unblemished Pride record against the greatest Striker of our time.
Rumors of Fedor ducking the Croatian sensation while he nursed lingering injuries only fueled the hype and speculation for this fight. This fight put a stamp on Fedor's reign as the greatest Pride FC Champion ever.
Wanderlei Silva Vs Chuck Liddell, UFC 79
A fight that took two years, 2 promotions, 2 fight losing streaks, 2 businessmen's negotiations and 2 events that the fight almost happened at, and the fold of one of the greatest MMA companies ever to happen. When the fight finally happened it was everything we expected and than some. Wanderlei knocked down Chuck 2 times with a punch. Chuck took down Wanderlei 2 times. Afterwards everyone who saw the fight was begging for Chuck vs Wanderlei 2.

Other notable fights.
Forrest Griffin Vs Stephan Bonner, at the TUF 1 finale. Maybe the most important fight in Modern day MMA.
Don Frye Vs Takayama, one if not the greatest stand up wars ever witnessed.
Chuck Liddell vs Randy Couture 2, the changing of the guard fight for the UFC's Light Heavyweight division.
Wanderlei Silva Vs Quinton Rampage Jackson 2 at Pride 28 high Octane.
Two of the most fiercest rivals and competitors in all of MMA. Squaring off for the 2nd time, their first meeting was fireworks in the ring. The second fight was no different as Wanderlei finished Rampage again by kneeing him for the finish.
I know I do not have every good fight so I will leave this thread for a day so I can begin the Poll with the top selections tommorow.
My personal pick is Cro Cop Vs Nogueira.

All time greatest KO of all time. Rampage's powerbomb on Arona wins.

In a poll that was showed tons of love by every fan that could vote on it for "The Greatest KO of all time". Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's powerbomb slam on Ricardo Arona was voted greatest of all time with 935 votes. The poll beat out another KO Rampage was in but on the receiving end at Pride 28 High Octane.
Wanderlei Silva's destruction of Rampage which was an early favorite to win along with Gabriel Gonzaga's head kick KO of "The all time greatest KO artist" Mirko Cro Cop. Gonzaga's KO also did very well gaining 654 votes but both were no match for Rampage's powerbomb KO. Both polls were stopped short because of URDirt's problems on Firefox that needed to be addressed, if another poll is requested by our fans we will grant another.

Full poll results.

Vitor Belfort 44 second KO 160 (4%)

Wanderlei Silva KO Sakuraba (3rd fight) 102 (3%)

Rampage KO Chuck Liddell UFC 71 78 (2%)

Anderson Silva KO UFC 64 82 (2%)

Dan Henderson KO Wanderlei Pride 33 119 (3%)

Wanderlei KO Rampage Pride Final conflict 834 (25%)

Rampage Powerbombs Arona 935 (29%)

Cro Cop KO Wanderlei (HW OWGP) 437 (13%)

Gonzaga KO Cro Cop UFC 70 654 (20%)

Other 220 (6%)

Votes so far: 3214

All time greatest KO artist.

After almost 2,100 votes from our fans here and at Sherdog, Mirko Cro Cop was voted the all time greatest KO artist in MMA history. Cro Cop beat out Wanderlei Silva (476 votes) by 210 votes in third place was "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell with 367 votes. 4th place went to a fan favorite and a guy I got flamed for not putting up at first Igor Vovchanchyn with 325 votes.

Aleks E 47 (2%)

Igor Vovchanchyn 325 (15%)

Melvin Manhoef 120 (5%)

Shogun Rua 49 (2%)

Ramapage Jackson 38 (1%)

Anderson Silva 185 (8%)

Wanderlei Silva 476 (23%)

Chuck Liddell 367 (17%)

Cro Cop 687 (33%)

Other, Poll has failed me!! 63 (3%)

Votes so far: 2067

Jake Shields to face Nick Thompson July 26th on CBS. Diego Sanchez earns top dollar at the TUF 7 Finale.

It has been reported by Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports that Jake Shields will now go one on one with Nick "The Goat" Thompson July 26 on CBS "Saturday Night Fights" which will feature a rematch between Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith. Shields and Thompson will fight for the vacant EliteXC welterweight championship.


Diego Sanchez not only won in his bout with Luigi Fioravanti he also earned top billing at the TUF 7 Finale this past Saturday night in Las Vegas by making $70,000. Second came Spencer Fisher with an estimated $36,000 and Kendall Grove came out with $32,000.

Here is a list of the fighter's salaries for the event:

Kendall Grove ($32,000) def. Evan Tanner ($25,000)
Amir Sadollah ($16,000) def. C.B. Dollaway ($8,000)
Diego Sanchez ($70,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000)
Spencer Fisher ($36,000) def. Jeremy Stephens ($8,000)
Matthew Riddle ($16,000) def. Dante Rivera ($8,000)
Dustin Hazelett ($24,000) def. Josh Burkman ($10,000)
Drew McFedries ($26,000) def. Marvin Eastman ($9000)
Matt Brown ($16,000) def. Matt Arroyo ($8,000)
Dean Lister ($28,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
Tim Credeur ($8,000) vs. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)*
Rob Kimmons ($6,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)

*It is reported by the NSAC that Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough both earned their respected base pay of $8,000 despite the bout being scrapped due to Credeur testing positive for the banned substance adderall.

"Fight of the Night" bonus went to Dustin Hazelett and Josh Burkman each earning $20,000 and Hazelett earned an extra $20,000 for "Submission of the Night". And "Knockout of the Night" honors go to Drew McFedries KO of Marvin Eastman. These bonuses are not part of the fighter's base salaries.

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Amir talks about winning the TUF 7 finale, my thoughts on his win.

You have to love Amir he reminds me so much of Forrest in TUF 1 down to the faces he makes and manor he speaks in. I'm really rooting for this guy he is a long way from competing but I can see him becoming a crowd favorite very fast. Do you remember when everyone who saw his record thought he might be the comic relief for season 7? Does anyone remember when he was being laughed at while fighting on the first episode because of how sloppy his fight was? Well that guy won and I'm very happy for him, I hope Amir is in the UFC for a long time to come.

C.B comments on Tapping out at TUF 7 finale

In a interview with MMAWeekly.com C.B Dollaway commented on tapping out at the TUF 7 Finale to Amir Sadollah. Many fans were upset that Dollaway walked away from the stoppage as if he had just been robbed and were dissapointed in his reaction. Which you can see here at MMA-Gifs.com. This was the seconds time in less then a week we got to see Sadollah tap out the heavily favored Dollaway, the first was last Wednesday in one of the greatest fights in TUF history.

C.B Dollaway on MMAweekly.com
"With the tap, I didn't fully commit to the tap, but I did hit him once," said the Tempe, Ariz. native. "I guess they ruled that a tap. I thought you had to go on and start tapping out. I did hit him once. Right as I did that, I felt my arm get into a position where I could get out. At that point Herb (Dean) ruled it as a tap out."