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UFC 86 ‘Jackson vs. Griffin’ was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 5, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The main event featured the five-round thriller between UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and challenger Forrest Griffin, who also served as coach opposite Jackson on season seven of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) back in April.

In addition, don’t miss the middleweight match-up between Ricardo Almeida and Patrick Cote to determine the number one contender for Anderson Silva’s 185 lb title.

Here is the complete card for UFC 86 ‘Jackson vs. Griffin’:

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship Bout:

205 lbs.: Quinton Jackson (28-6) vs. Forrest Griffin (15-4)

Main Card:

185 lbs.: Patrick Cote (12-4) vs. Ricardo Almeida (9-2)
155 lbs.: Joe Stevenson (28-8) vs. Gleison Tibau (15-5)
170 lbs.: Josh Koscheck (10-2) vs. Chris Lytle (25-15)
155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin (11-1) vs. Marcus Aurelio (16-5)

Under Card:

265 lbs.: Gabriel Gonzaga (8-3) vs. Justin McCully (8-3-2)
155 lbs.: Cole Miller (13-3) vs. Jorge Gurgel (12-3)
155 lbs.: Melvin Guillard (21-7-2) vs. Dennis Siver (11-5)
155 lbs.: Corey Hill (2-0) vs. Justin Buchholz (7-2)

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The UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin” pay-per-view (PPV) event that took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 5 will re-air tonight for free on Spike TV, beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

Of course, the special presentation coincides with Elite XC: “Heat” on CBS “Saturday Night Fights,” meaning that mixed martial arts fans have several programming options this evening from which to choose.

UFC 86 features the five-round thriller between Quintion “Rampage” Jackson and Forrest Griffin in the main event with Jackson’s 205-pound title on the line. It’s a fantastic fight that is on the short list of “Fight of the Year” candidates for 2008.

Here is the rest of the televised line up:

185 lbs.: Patrick Cote (12-4) vs. Ricardo Almeida (9-2)
155 lbs.: Joe Stevenson (28-8) vs. Gleison Tibau (15-5)
170 lbs.: Josh Koscheck (10-2) vs. Chris Lytle (25-15)
155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin (11-1) vs. Marcus Aurelio (16-5)

In addition, the promotion will also cram in two more great never before seen fights from UFC Fight Night 15 last month — Joe Lauzon vs. Kyle Bradley and Alessio Sakara vs. Joe Vedepo — during the two-hour Spike TV broadcast.

UFC 86 is just the culmination of all-day MMA programming on the network. In fact, UFC Fight Night 13 will also re-air at at 1 p.m. ET followed by a three-hour mini marathon of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 “Team Nogueira vs Team Mir” from 4 to 7 p.m. ET.

And last but certainly not least, two hours of “UFC Unleashed” will air right before the UFC 86 rebroadcast from 7 to 9 p.m, ET, featuring “Griffin vs. Bonnar I, Jardine vs. Griffin, Liddell vs. Ortiz II and much more.”

Aren’t “Saturday Fight Nights” fun?

Remember that MMAmania.com will also provide complete Elite XC: “Heat” coverage this weekend, including round-by-round, blow-by-blow live results later on this evening from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., beginning with the under card action at around 6: 30 p.m. ET.

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If you watched UFC Fight Night 15 or “The Ultimate Fighter” (TUF) 8 on Spike TV last night then there’s a good chance you saw the commercials showing that UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin” will be replayed for free on October 4 on Spike TV beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

That “coincidentally” happens to be the same date and time that Elite XC will air perhaps the most important event in its history, Elite XC: “Heat” on CBS.

Of course, this isn’t the first time that Dana White and the UFC have attempted to sabotage the competition with counter programming.

In fact, it was only two months ago when Affliction MMA was set for its first live pay-per-view (PPV) event. The t-shirt company turned MMA promotion had big plans to make a splash in the MMA world only to to have the UFC plan a free “Fight Night” on Spike TV the same night.

To make matters worse (for Affliction) the UFC headlined the card with one of the most popular fighters on the planet, Anderson Silva.

Apparently the plan worked because Affliction’s PPV buys did not reach expectations and the UFC’s free “Fight Night” pulled in better numbers.

While this isn’t a live event being put on by the UFC, it’s still counter programming and there will still be fans who opt to tune in to the replay of a card headlined by one of the better fights of the year between Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin instead of eyeballing another potential disaster main event involving Kimbo Slice.

It’s clear the UFC wants to clear the world of any and all competition. And if there’s an organization out there capable of pulling that off, it’s definitely the good ole’ Zuffa boys.

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During commercial ad spots that aired during Wednesday night’s live telecast of UFC Fight Night 15 from Omaha, Nebraska, the UFC and Spike TV announced an ambitious month of MMA programing for Saturday nights in October On Saturday, Oct. 4, UFC 86 will make its basic cable television premiere. The show, which originally aired on pay-per-view [...]

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson gives an insight to what happened before his arrest for evading police following his fight with Forrest Griffin at UFC 86.

Quinton claims police chastised him, took pictures and called friends the night of the arrest. He also goes into being betrayed by a true friend (Juanito Ibbara).

He claims he was delusional after fasting, drinking energy drinks and not sleeping.

Rampage has pleaded NOT GUILTY to two Felony charges and four mistermeaner charges as a results of the nights events.

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today issued the results of the drug tests performed prior to UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin” at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 5, revealing that all eight fighters who were screened for banned substances tested negative.

Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson, Melvin Guillard, Justin Buchholtz, Cole Miller, Gabriel Gonzaga, Joe Stevenson and Patrick Cote were all among the fighters who were randomly selected to provide samples before their fights.

The tests are designed to deter fighters from ingesting performance enhancing drugs such as steroids and stimulants, as well drugs of abuse like marijuana, heroin, etc.

NSAC has adopted a new year-round drug-testing policy, which is perhaps the strictest of its kind in the sport.

In fact, the NSAC also tested Griffin and Jackson weeks out from the pay-per-view (PPV) event to ensure that fighters don’t “cycle” off of substances prior to their tests.

The tests were random — there was no other reason the fighters mentioned above were singled out.

However, Guillard has tested positive for cocaine in the past and Keith Kizer, NSAC executive director, has mentioned that previous failed tests will be a factor (among others) when it comes to deciding if a fighter should or should not be tested.

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In the wake of the UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin” main event, Juanito Ibarra — the manager and trainer for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson — has been saying he plans to protest the unanimous decision his fighter dropped against new 205-pound champion, Forrest Griffin.

Following the fight, Ibarra told anyone who would listen that to become champion “you have to beat the champion.” He clearly feels “Rampage” was robbed of a win … and his championship belt.

Challenger Forrest Griffin won the fight 48-46 on two judges cards and 49-46 on the third.

Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, said Tuesday that no formal protest has been filed and that he does not expect one from Ibarra.

Kizer said, however, Ibarra did contact with complaints about the first round scoring. In that round Jackson landed some nice uppercuts, including one that seemed to hurt Griffin.

But, Kizer pointed out, giving the round to Jackson would only mean Griffin would take a majority decision and still be the new UFC light heavyweight champion — perhaps that’s the reason no formal protest has been filed at this time.

Changing the first round would mean the following:

Adalaide Byrd scored the fight 48-46 and gave the first to Griffin. Her decision would become a 47-47 draw.

Roy Hilbert scored the fight 49-46 and also gave the first to Griffin. His
decision would become 48-47, still for Griffin.

Nelson Hamilton scored the fight 48-46. But he awarded the first round to
Jackson. His score would remain 48-46 for Griffin.

Interestingly, many of those on press row had the bout scored a draw giving Jackson rounds one, three and four, while believing Griffin took a 10-8 round in two and won the fifth.

The result is apparently all in the eye of the beholder.

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This courtesy of the Fight Network. These totals include announced win bonuses for all of the victors as well as specialty bonuses (KO, sub and fight of the night) where noted to indicate why the large pay of say Cole Miller. Forrest Griffin: $310,000 (fight of the night) Rampage Jackson: $285,000 (fight of the night) [...]

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