UFC 75 Updates: Jackson-Henderson, Belts Not on the Line

It looks like UFC 75’s card was almost too good to be true. In a recent article released by the OCregister, The main event of the night between UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson and PRIDE’s 83 kg and 93 kg champion Dan Henderson has now been demoted to a non-title fight. Crap jackers, I know.

Carlos Arias of the Orange County Register reported the following snippet at a UFC 73 conference call held last week, Dana White said:

"No. What we’re doing with that thing is we’re respecting both (the UFC and PRIDE) titles. The UFC title is the UFC champion and we’re respecting Dan as the PRIDE champion. Quinton will walk out with his belt if Dan wins and vice versa."

I guess the “Champion vs. Champion” title for UFC 75 was meant in a more direct and literal sense than anything else. There may even be a possibility of the bout being stripped down to a typical three five-minute round non-title match.

The Lianger