UFC.Com reports that Keith Jardine, aside from fighting, has been busy with a few movies rolls. “The Dean of mean” has a small role in the sequel to the Jason Statham movie Crank, entitled “Crank: High Voltage“. It looks extremely cheesy, but then again so was the first one. He has also wrapped up filming for the movie “Game” which he explains is very similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Running Man, where he had a bigger role as an Ex-com.

Here are the results for Saturdays UFC 96 PPV event which drew over 17,000 spectators at Columbus Ohio’s Nationwide Arena.

Shane Nelson defeated Aaron Riley by strikes TKO at :44 of round 1, earning $8k for the fight and another $8k for a win bonus. Riley earned $6k for the fight.
Brandon Vera defeated Michael Pratt via a TKO at 1:27 of round 2 from leg kicks. Vera earned $60k ($30k for fighting/ $30k for winning). Pratt earned $5k.
Jason Brilz defeated Tim Boetsch by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. He earned $10k ($5k for fighting/ $5k for winning). Boetsch earned $12k for …read more

UFC 96 will happen in less than 36 hours. The main even between Keith Jardine and Rampage Jackson is sure to be an interesting fight whether it lasts more than one round or not. If you’ve been watching the countdown then you’ve seen both fighters training hard. Neither fighter wants to lose and both are quite hungry. Now check this out:

Jackson beat Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92
Silva beat Jardine at UFC 84
Jardine beat Lidell at UFC 76
Jackson Beat Lidell at UFC 71
Jardine Beat Forest Griffin at UFC 66
Griffin beat Jackson at UFC 86

Looking at these statistics, this fight could go …read more

UFC 96 is set for March 7th in Columbus, Ohio.  As most know, the main event of the evening will be Keith Jardine Vs. Quinton Jackson in a light-heavyweight match.
Other confirmed televised main card fights are: Matt Hammill Vs. Mark Munoz and Shane Carwin Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga.
Preliminary card events include: Mike Patt Vs. Brandon Vera and Tim Boetsch Vs. Jason Brilz.
Kind of odd seeing Brandon Vera on a preliminary card. The Jardine and Jackson fight should be interesting as well as seeing the return of Matt Hammill.
Image: Newscom

I’m going to wrap up things here until after the Christmas Holiday with a few short announcements.
Georges St. Peirre has been named the Canadian Athlete Of 2008 by Sportsnet.ca. It’s great to see MMA fighters get the credit they deserve in the world of Athletics. Although most MMA fighters are paid much less than most professional athletes and perform even less, they still deserve recognition as being great athletes. The amount of training, fight-science and overall discipline that goes in to being an MMA fighter, it’s only right that they get the respect they are entitled to.
XFC has inked …read more