• Anderson Silva (champion) defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)      UFC Middleweight Championship.    This was a boring fight, they’re going to come up with somebody to give Silva a challenge. Lietes had nothing to concern Silva
• Sam Stout defeated Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Mauricio “Shogun” Rua defeated Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:28.  After this loss I think it’s clear to everyone that its time for the Iceman to retire.
• Krzysztof Soszynski defeated Brian Stann via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 3:53
• Cheick Kongo defeated Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:29
• Luis Cane defeated Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Luis Cane comments on his win
• Denis Kang defeated Xavier Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Nate Quarry defeated Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:27
• Ed Herman defeated David Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
• Mark Bocek defeated David Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 1, 4:57
• TJ Grant defeated Ryo Chonan via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Eliot Marshall defeated Vinicius Magalhaes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Dana Edwards gives his reaction to the UFC 97 fight results.

MAIN CARD – televised

- Middleweight champ Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites
- Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann
- Cheick Kongo vs. Antoni Hardonk
- Luis Cane vs. Steve Cantwell

PRELIMINARY CARD – untelevised

- Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Eliot Marshall
- Xavier Foupa-Pokam vs. Denis Kang
- Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry
- Ed Herman vs. David Loiseau
- David Bielkheden vs. Mark Bocek
- Ryo Chonan vs. T.J. Grant
- Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman

UFC 97 in Canada still on!

After meeting with Quebec sports officals, Lorenzo Fertitta and Marc Ratner of Zuffa reached a deal that will allow UFC 97 to go ahead as scheduled.

Courtesy of Corus Sports and translated by Bloody Elbow,

- Lorenzo Fertita & Marc Ratner met with Richard Renault (RACJ head of combat sports) and Denis Racicot (RACJ president) Tuesday evening before flying to Europe later that night.

- The event will take place as scheduled under the usual UFC rules except for foot stomps being disallowed.

- RACJ will hold a press conference (no details specified) explaining the decision.

After Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture at UFC 91, many controversies came about. The largest of the controversies was the topic of who would win an MMA bout – Fedor Emelianenko or Brock Lesnar? As much hype as this topic had been receiving, the actual chances of a bout coming together was slim to none. Fedor and his management did not agree with the UFC terms, and Dana White given up as well. All hope was lost until now!
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UFC 98 is prospect to pair Brock Lesnar against Frank Mir for the unification of the UFC Heavyweight Title. This will be the second confrontation in the Octagon between the two.

Two possible outcomes concerning a possible Emelianenko vs. Lesnar can result from UFC 98: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir.

1. Frank Mir defeats Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight Title. If this is the outcome fans would not be as interested for a possible Fedor vs. Lesnar bout. It would be interesting to see, but the matter of who would win would not be as much of a concern anymore.

2. Brock Lesnar defeats Frank Mir to unify the UFC Heavyweight Title. If this is what comes from UFC 98 fans will want to know even more, who is the top Heavyweight in the world? We have some good news!

Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 Global hopes to meet with Dana White in June of 2009, to discuss a possible Fedor Emelianenko vs Brock Lesnar bout.Very Excited!

“Yes, I will fight again on the next Affliction card. Besides this, me and my management hope to get a chance to talk to Dana White in person in June to discuss a possible fight between me and Brock Lesnar.” (Emelianenko tells DreamFighters.com)