The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.

[3] The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating (2.8 million viewers), and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.

[4] 2006 PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion, Mirko Cro Cop fought Heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture.

As a result, the card instead aired on Spike TV in North America at 9 pm EDT on a 6-hour tape delay.

[6] Lyoto Machida was originally scheduled to fight Forrest Griffin at this event, but Griffin is out, due to the staph infection and could not compete on the card.