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Lastnight during his undercard bout with Dale Hartt, Corey Hill suffered a broken leg when Hartt checked a kick from Hill and at that point Hill’s shin split in two.

The guys from Fight! Magazine were in attendance and were able to catch the exact moment the leg broke in what has to be one of the most grotesque scenes in MMA and that’s saying quite a bit considering Steve Cantwell snapped his opponents arm lastnight as well.

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Corey Hill Breaks Leg During Bout At UFC

Joe Lauzon has made an announcement on the Underground that he will be fighting Hermes Franca on February 17th at UFC Fight Night 17 and it is now set to take place on Tampa, FL. This will be the UFC’s debut in the city and the fourth overall event they company has held in the state.

Other bouts set to take place on the card include Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer and Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone, and Rob Emerson is also expected to take on Kurt Pellegrino.

The event will also air live on Spike TV. The main event of the show is likely to be the Lauzon vs Franca bout though more bouts are going to be added to the show so the main draw will likely be announced when the UFC makes everything official.

The following are the official results from UFC: Fight For Our Troops which aired live on SpikeTV and took place at the Fort Bragg Base:

Josh Koscheck defeats Yoshiyuki Yoshida via knockout (Strikes) Round 1
Mike Swick defeats Johnathan Goulet via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Steve Cantwell defeats Razak Al-Hassan via TKO (Referee stoppage due to Armbar) Round 1
Tim Credeur defeats Nate Loughran via TKO (Referee Stoppage) Round 2
Jim Miller defeats Matt Wiman via Unanimous Decision
Luigi Fioravanti defeats Brodie Farber via unanimous decision
Steve Bruno defeats Johnny Rees via submission (rear naked choke) in round two
Ben Saunders defeats Brandon Wolff via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Dale Hartt defeats Corey Hill via technical knockout (leg injury) in round two
Justin McCully defeats Eddie Sanchez via unanimous decision

Following last night’s stellar UFC 91 card that took place from Las Vegas and aired live on PPV, the UFC handed out their regular fight night bonuses for KO of the night, Submission of the night, and of course, fight of the night.

Knock out of the night honors went to Jeremy Stephens for what could most likely be considered the biggest uppercut in UFC history when he sent his opponent Rafael dos Anjos flying back to Brazil and then followed it up with a flurry of punches to take the contest and put a stamp on his Brazilian counterpart.

Submission of the night went to Dustin Hazelett for his impression display of Jiu Jitsu and execution of the rubber guard when he tied up Tamden McCrory and submitted him with what looked like a very painful armbar.

Although Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture had a entertaining main event between them that seen Lesnar take the heavyweight title from Couture, the Fight of the Night award went to Jorge Gurgel and Aaron Riley after both fighters went to war for three round. Riley would take the fight via a split decision in what was a back and forth brawl.

For their efforts each fighter received $60,000 to go on top of their base salaries that should be available soon.

The UK based newspaper, The Sun is reporting that the UFC will be making their return to the O2 Arena in London England on February 21st following the success of UFC 85 in June.

The paper is also reporting that UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva has been asked to appear on the card with a possible match up with Chuck Liddell on tap.

This would mark the second time in a year the Middleweight King has moved up in weight to find opponents as the UFC has been having a hard time finding opponents to challenge for the titie at middleweight. Silva has rolled through everyone put in front of him.

In June, Silva moved up to 205lbs to face James Irvin during a special UFC Fight Night on Spike TV and would win that contest with a vicious KO of the “Sandman” in under two minutes of the first round.

Nothing is official at this time but there have been rumors of a possible Silva and Liddell superfight for quite some time and with talks of Silva possibly retiring at the end of his UFC deal, and with the 38 year old Liddell somewhat on his way off the top of the ladder at Light Heavyweight by losing three of his last four fight, now would be as good a time as any to set up the superfight many have been clamouring for.

In a recent interview with Fiveouncesofpain.com’s Sam Caplan, Sean Sherk vents his frustrations with the fact the UFC Lightweight title is now on hold with champ BJ Penn moving in weight to fight Georges St. Pierre for the Welterweight title:

“With 155, it’s one of the most stacked weight classes right now and the unfortunate thing is that there is no one at the top of it defending the belt right now. There are a lot of guys fighting their way up to the top trying to get title shots and then once you get up to the top, you’re like, “Okay, so where’s the champion?”

For me, it’s a hard pill to swallow because I want to be the number one contender; I want to fight for the belt. Okay, but where’s the champion? Kenny wants to fight for the belt. Okay, but where’s the champion? We’ve got no champion to fight so basically we just keep fighting for the number one contender spot. The number one contender spot is pretty much the championship belt, I guess.

Dana White on the hype train for UFC 94:

“I think that would cement him as one of the best of all-time…Right now I think Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world…The winner of BJ Penn and Georges St-Pierre moves right up there. And if Georges wins, he could get a shot at Anderson.

I’m just coming off a promotion where I got done saying it’s the biggest fight in UFC history in terms of most pay-per-view buys…I truly believe this fight has the potential to break that. BJ and Georges are heavyweights when it comes to star power.”

With no one official yet for the coaching gig on season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter to handle the duties as the American coach to challenge UK coach Michael Bisping, Nathan Marquardt makes this claim to the spot in a recent interview with Sherdog.com:

“[Michael Bisping and Demian Maia] are good fighters. Bisping can go and go, and Maia is good on the ground. But neither one of them has fought anyone who is as good as me or at the same level of fighter that I am. It would be a huge jump in class for them to fight me, and I think I could finish either one of them off in round one or two…. The desire for a rematch with Anderson Silva is obvious, and it’s a great desire of mine. I really feel like I didn’t fight the way I wanted to fight. I just didn’t show up that night. When I was sticking with my game plan, I was winning the fight. I went away from that, and he took advantage of it. The next time we fight, it will be a war and I can’t wait for the opportunity.”

The following is the final card for the UFC: Fight for our Troops event that is set to take place on December 10th from Fayetteville, N.C.
at the Crown Coliseum (in conjunction with Fort Bragg military installation):

MAIN CARD

Josh Koscheck vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Jonathan Goulet vs. Mike Swick
Razak Al-Hussan vs. Steve Cantwell
Tim Credeur vs. Nate Loughran
Frankie Edgar vs. Matt Wiman

PRELIMINARY CARD

Brodie Farber vs. Luigi Fioravanti
Steve Bruno vs. Johnny Rees
Ben Saunders vs. Brandon Wolff
Dale Hartt vs. Corey Hill
Eddie Sanchez vs. Justin McCully

New York, NY, December 2, 2008 - In anticipation of one of the most prominent mixed martial events of all-time, “UFC 94” featuring welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and lightweight champion BJ Penn, Spike TV presents “UFC Primetime,” premiering Wednesday, January 14 10:30 - 11:00pm, ET/PT.

“UFC Primetime,” produced by the UFC, delivers an unprecedented portrait of the lives of two of mixed martial arts‘ biggest stars, Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn, as they prepare for their epic clash of titans in late January. Spike TV will present three special weekly installments that will take viewers from the cliffs of Kailua to the streets of Montreal in an unfiltered look at two great warriors heading into battle for what promises to be one of the greatest match ups of skill in UFC history.

Christopher Martello of Spike TV serves as executive in charge of production of “UFC Primetime.”

“UFC 94” will air live on Pay-Per-View Saturday, January 31 from MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas at 10pm ET/7pm PT.

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