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Ultimate Fighting Championship is becoming a 400 lb gorilla which looks to Saturday’s Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz title bout in Las Vegas to end a blockbuster year for MMA.

The Chuck Liddell v Tito Ortiz 2 pay per view fight, with UFC officials hoping for a record MMA 1.2 million pay per view buys, will also set up the new year 2007 to see the mixed martial arts circuit expand.

Dana White, President of UFC, and the UFC pounce when they see weaknesses in the competition. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has been busy, rearranging the MMA landscape while repositioning itself to take advantage of the sport’s incredible growth.

World Fighting Alliance was purchased by UFC, snapping up its fighters in a purchase that will see the rival WFA organization stop.

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UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship’s turnaround from a $40 million failure into a pop cultural icon began with Spike TV reality show, “The Ultimate Fighter,” with success in 2005.

The Ultimate Fighter by UFC consists of eight fighters in two weight divisions living and training in the same Las Vegas house in Las Vegas real estate, with the winner in each class earning a guaranteed Ultimate Fighting Championship contract.

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UFC 65 Ultimate Fighting Championship from Las Vegas, has Georges St. Pierre wins with TKO over Matt Hughes in the Octagon at Arco Arena real estate. St. Pierre has never been shy in saying Matt Hughes as his mma mixed martial arts idol, even citing it as a reason for his 2004 loss to the longtime champion. Tonight St. Pierre beat his hero in their rematch, scoring a one-sided second round TKO to win the UFC 65 Welterweight Championship.

The outcome was most unexpected my most UFC 65 enthusiasts. Most MMA observers, who figured the Ultimate Fighting Championship Bad Intentions bout would be one of the most competitive of 2006. Finally, it was George St. Pierre who ran through Matt Hughes with extreme prejudice.

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UFC 64 Ultimate Fighting Championship Anderson Silva wins with TKO over Rich Franklin in first round at 3:59. Many thought if Silva’s blowout of Chris Leben in June during the fight was not to be repeated. Silva used a Muay Thai brutal clinch to dominate Franklin on the inside and stun the crowd to UFC 64 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas real estate by scoring a first round TKO to win the UFC middleweight crown.

Silva was overcome with emotion after taking out Franklin. Silva feels that the UFC is where he is meant to fight. He wanted to make
his third successful UFC title defense in his first fight back after an injury had delayed his fighting for seven months.

By the second minute of the first round, both fighters started opening up a bit more, with Silva securing a tight Thai clinch that produced a series of solid knees to the head and body, one of which jarred the champ. Franklin waded right back into battle, but as he returned, Silva locked his hands around Franklin’s neck, and this time a huge right knee left Franklin stunned and open for a brutal follow-up that included a final left knee and two more kicks that sent Franklin to the canvas, where referee John McCarthy halted the bout at the 3:59 mark.

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