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Welterweight title bout: Matt Serra vs.
Matt Hughes
Lightweight title bout: B.J. Penn vs.
Joe Stevenson [1]
Middleweight bout: Dean Lister vs.
Jordan Radev
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
As indicated by myself (and several other editors) on the AfD page, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Those matchups you keep adding back, aside from Clementi/Guillard, are not "well documented." I've read the sources. They all say variations of "there's some speculation that such and such fight might happen"; "So-and-so said that he wants to fight X at UFC 79"; or "X fight might happen, if things come together and everyone signs contracts." That's a FAAAAAR cry from "well documented."
Until there's something concrete that a fight is actually going to happen, it does not belong on the Wiki page. It either needs to be officially announced by the UFC, or one of the participants needs to confirm that the match has been completely finalized. Yes, the card may still be subject to change. But, at least at that point, there's a solid factual basis to believe the fight will happen. Until then, if people want to see what's been rumored, they can go to MMA Weekly's Rumors section. Tuckdogg 12:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm getting sick of going repeatedly over rumored matchups on upcoming UFC events. This has been discussed REPEATEDLY on various MMA pages, and we keep coming to the same consensus. For a match to be listed, it must meet one of two criteria:
This meets neither, as everyone is completely tight-lipped about what's going on. Until there's an announcement, there's no fight. Also, DirecTV has taken down the poster. That could mean they spilled the beans early. It could also mean the fight hasn't been signed, they jumped the gun in advertising it, and the UFC jumped all down their throats. I have no idea what it really means, and neither does anyone else. Since Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, we'll just have to wait until there's something official.Tuckdogg 00:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
After the Fight Network story was released they were fighting on NYE, they released another saying it was unlikely (I couldn't find it in a quick search, but it's not important now)... recently in an interview Nogueira said his next fight is February 3 ([2]). I removed the fight since it's obviously not happened at UFC 79 now. Thesaddestday 15:33, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Anyone know why they're reporting that UFC.com confirmed Silva/Liddell today?[3] No such announcement on UFC.com anywhere that I can see... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuckdogg (talk • contribs) 02:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
For those unaware, Matt Serra injured his back earlier this week and was forced to pull out from his scheduled UFC 79 fight with Matt Hughes. When this fight will happen now is unknown at this point, though the only thing that is certain is that Hughes vs. Serra will not happen at UFC 79. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SuzukS (talk • contribs) 11:06, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
ITS NOW HUGHES VS ST. PIERRE FOR THE INTERIM TITLE. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5137&zoneid=2
hey guys the photo here for UFC 79 is not the same one shown on ufc.com u guyz should change it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.166.241 (talk) 03:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)