The UFC today officially announced the headlining bouts for UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″.

As previously rumored, UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin will battle top 205-pound contender Rashad Evans for the 205-pound title, UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio “Rodrigo” Nogueira faces fellow-TUF 8 coach Frank Mir for the heavyweight title, and former champions Wanderlei Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are also scheduled to go toe-to-toe.

UFC 92, which will air live on pay-per-view, takes place on December 27th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Just one day after announcing Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Mark Coleman for UFC 93 in January UFC president Dana White has confirmed three key matches for UFC 92 with Yahoo! Sports.
In the UFC 92 co-main events UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will battle fellow TUF 8 coach [...]

A long-rumored rematch between former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and former PRIDE light heavyweight champion Wanderlei Silva is likely to take place at UFC 93 UFC 94 on January 31st in Las Vegas, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole.
“A very good source told me on Tuesday he expects Jackson and Silva to [...]

A key light heavyweight matchup between former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is close to being finalized for UFC 91 on November 15th.
According to MMA Rated, Silva and Jackson have both been offered the fight and are close to finalizing the matchup.
If the bout is finalized it [...]

Unfortunately for our neighbors to the north, the UFC will be unable to make it back to the city of Montreal before 2009, according to Yahoo! Sports, who spoke with UFC president Dana White.
Additionally, the much-anticipated rematch between Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn will take place during Super Bowl weekend on January 31st in [...]

The UFC’s year-end event is typically the promotion’s most-stacked card of the year and this year should be no exception.
In the headline bout of the December 27th event, UFC 92, “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ coaches, interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and former heavyweight champion Frank Mir, are set to square off for the UFC’s [...]

UFC light heavyweight contender Wanderlei Silva stated during a recent appearance on TAGG Radio that he will likely return to the octagon in December at what is usually the biggest UFC pay-per-view event of the year. “The Axe Murderer” added that while he would (surprise) enjoy a third meeting with Quinton Jackson, he really has [...]

In a recent SI.com article, Josh Gross reports that the rumored split between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and long time trainer/manager Juanito Ibarra is in fact a reality:
“Rampage’s seismic shift from an idolized mixed martial artist began after he relinquished his title on points to Forrest Griffin UFC 86 on July 5. The decision to fire [...]

A rumored main event bout between Wanderlei Silva and Brandon Vera is unlikely to take place at the recently-rumored July 19th UFC event, according to a report by Dave Meltzer at F4wonline.com. All is not lost, however, as the UFC is reportedly hard at work securing a main event bout for the Spike TV event [...]

Not to be outdone by an upstart promotion’s inaugural fight card, the UFC is rapidly planning a July 19th event that would air on Spike TV opposite of Affliction “Banned”. Sherdog.com broke news of the event late Sunday.
Here’s a snip from the report:
The proposed event would take place the same evening that popular clothing line [...]