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[DaddyTorgo]

After being announced as the President of the UFC, I set about to make some signings, and there will be a number of high-profile fighters debuting for the UFC in the coming weeks and months.

I decided to cancel the December PPV and push it off until January, running just a UFC Fight-Night in December.

UFC Fight Night (Saturday, Week 3, December 2007)

Michael Bisping def. Evan Tanner (unanimous decision)
Cheick Kongo def. Heath Herring (K.O)
Karo Parisyan def. Mike Swick (T.K.O - 34 seconds)
Roger Huerta def. Spencer Fisher (unanimous decision)
Forest Griffin def. Rashad Evans (K.O)

I put all my efforts into getting the roster ready for UFC 79 in January 2008, although the victory by Cheick Kongo saw him elevated up the ladder of heavyweight contenders.

UFC 79 (California) Announced Matches (12 matches)

1. Mirko Cro Cop vs. Eddie Sanchez
2. "Thunder" Yushin Okami vs. "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler
3. "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell vs. Wilson Gouveia
4. Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
5. "The New York Bad Ass" Phil Baroni vs. Melvin Manhoef
6. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
7. Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez vs. George "Rush" St. Pierre
8. "The Prodigy" BJ Penn vs. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
9. "The Pitbull" Andrei Arlovski vs. Sergei Kharitonov
10. UFC Middleweight Title: Anderson "Spider" Silva vs. Dan "Hollywood" Henderson
11. UFC Lightweight Title: Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk vs. "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi
12. UFC Heavyweight Title: "The Natural" Randy Couture vs. Fedor Emilianenko

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UFC 79 Results

1. Mirko Cro Cop def. Eddie Sanchez (decision)
2. Robbie Lawler def. Yushin Okami (decision)
3. Wilson Gouveia def. Chuck Liddell (T.K.O Rd. 3)
4. Wanderlei Silva def. Kazuhiro Nakamura (K.O. Rd. 2)
5. Phil Baroni def. Melvin Manhoef (K.O. Rd. 3)
6. Tito Ortiz def. Mauricio Rua (T.K.O Rd. 1)
7. George St. Pierre def. Diego Sanchez (decision)
8. Vitor Ribeiro def. BJ Penn (T.K.O Rd. 1)
9. Andrei Arlovski def. Sergei Kharitonov (decision)
10. Dan Henderson def. Anderson Silva (T.K.O Rd. 2) - Dan Henderson is the new UFC Middleweight Champion of the Worlddddddd
11. Sean Sherk def. Takanori Gomi (T.K.O Rd. 1) - Controversial early stoppage. Sherk retains the UFC Lightweight Title
12. Fedor Emilianenko def. Randy Couture (T.K.O Rd. 2) - Controversial early stoppage, but Fedor Emilianenko is the new UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLDDDDDDDDDDDD.

That was UFC 79 ladies and gentlemen.