The event was the fourth event held by the UFC in
United Kingdom, following
UFC 38 in
London,
UFC 70 in
Manchester, and
UFC 72 in
Belfast. The event aired on
Setanta Sports 1 in the
United Kingdom,
TV4 Sport in
Sweden, He had since changed that stance, and on July 10, 2007, stated:"It will absolutely be a unification bout. We have to respect Henderson's titles. He knocked out
Wanderlei Silva and had the 185-pound championship. When he fights "Rampage", they both have belts. Why should Dan Henderson get the UFC title if "Rampage" can't get the PRIDE titles? It makes one of them the undisputed guy." By October 2007, Pride Worldwide LLC, sister company to UFC promoters
Zuffa, would abandon plans to continue PRIDE as an active promotion.
British Light Heavyweight
Michael Bisping, who won
The Ultimate Fighter 3 contest in 2006, fought Team Punishment's
Matt Hamill, who rivaled Bisping during the taping of
The Ultimate Fighter 3. Also featured was a
heavyweight bout between
PRIDE and
K-1 veteran
Mirko Cro Cop and
French Muay Thai kickboxer Cheick Kongo.
Anthony Johnson was scheduled to face
Jess Liaudin, but was forced to pull out due to a shoulder injury. At the time,
UFC 75 had achieved the highest recorded ratings for any mixed martial arts broadcast in North America, drawing a total of 4.7 million viewers (5.93 million at its peak) and beating out the previous record held by the UFC's
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