News and notes from around the MMA world …

- Finally, it’s official. Wanderlei Silva is in the UFC.

- Ask Dana White a question via Yahoo! Sports.

- Georges St. Pierre had a tough time dealing with his loss to Matt Serra.

- Fedor Emelianenko needs to go to the UFC to compete.

- UFC 74 conference call notes.

- Kevin Randleman had a tough week.

- More steroid test failures in MMA.

- You shouldn’t fight with high blood pressure.

Talking Points

Spike TV has a Randy Couture block on Thursday evening starting at 10PM. They are going to show Unleashed with his match against Tim Sylvia first, followed by the countdown preview show to Couture vs. Gonzaga, and finally an UFC All Access featuring Randy Couture. These shows are very important to the PPV buy rate for the show this Sunday. The UFC does a great job at hyping their PPVs through these shows and if they are done well (which they usually are), they can probably swing several thousands of fans to pay $40 to watch the show, who weren’t going to watch it already. With Randy Couture as the subject, I don’t think it will be that hard. Couture’s story as a 44 year old legend in the sport, coming back to a weight division he hadn’t fought at in years, is an amazing one. While this show won’t do the same type of business as the Chuck Liddell vs. Rampage Jackson fight, it should still do solid business.

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Labels: Dana White, Fedor Emelianenko, Gabriel Gonzaga, Georges St. Pierre, Kevin Randleman, Mark Kerr, Matt Serra, Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, UFC 74, Wanderlei Silva

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