Fight Talk

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson unified the PRIDE and UFC light heavyweight titles with a win over “Hollywood” Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London on Saturday afternoon.

The fight went all five rounds, with Jackson winning a unanimous decision to take Henderson’s PRIDE title.

“The Count” Michael Bisping may be Jackson’s next opponent. He won a battle of undefeated light heavyweights in a split decision over Matt Hammill.

In another light heavyweight fight, Houston “The Assassin” Alexander improved his record to 7-1 by knocking out Alessio Sakara in 1:01.

Mirko Cro Cop’s stock dropped even further, as the Croatian heavyweight lost by unanimous decision to Chieck Kongo of France by unanimous decision.

Also, “Irish Hand Grenade” Marcus Davis defeated Paul Taylor with an armbar in 4:14.

When UFC bought Pride earlier this year, it paved the way for the “Champion vs. Champion” show, which will air on Spike TV on Saturday night at 9 p.m.

Quentin Jackson (UFC) will fight Dan Henderson (Pride) to determine who is the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world.

Jackson already made history when he dethroned Chuck Liddell in May. Henderson is coming off a win over Wanderlei Silva in February.

The winner will have a ready-made challenger when undefeated light heavyweights Michael “The Count” Bisping and Matt “The Hammer” Hamill square off.

Also, Mirko Cro Cop of Croatia (22-5-2) will face Cheick Kongo of France (20-3-1) in a heavyweight battle. Cro Cop will try to bounce back from his recent loss to Gabriel Gonzaga.

“Razor” Rob McCullough hung on to his World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) lightweight title at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas. He only needed 89 seconds to score a TKO win over Richard Crunkilton.

The show aired on Wednesday night on the Versus network.

Also, Chase Beebe retained his WEC 135-pound title with a unanimous decision win over Rani Yahya.

In other results, John Alessio defeated Marcelo Brito by unanimous decision; Miguel Torres beat Jeff Bedard in 2:30 with the triangle choke; and Brian Stann beat Jeremiah Billington by TKO in 3:07.

Spike TV will prepare fans this week for Saturday’s battle between Quentin Jackson and Dan Henderson.
A “Countdown to Jackson vs. Henderson” special will air at 10 p.m., followed by “Unleashed” which will replay a fight between Royce Gracie and Matt Hughes.
On Friday, Spike will air the entire UFC 70 pay-per-view, which featured Gabriel Gonzaga’s upset win over Mirko Cro Cop. Saturday will be an absolute smorgasbord of MMA action on Spike TV. A pair of “Unleashed” hours will begin at 7, and the big UFC 75 show will air on free TV, starting at 9.
If you’ve been meaning to get into UFC, but you haven’t wanted to plunk down the money for a pay-per-view, this is your opportunity.