The names of several of the assistant coaches for the “Ultimate Fighter 8″ were recently revealed by Tatame.com.
Among coach Frank MIr’s assistants are jiu jitsu champion Robert Drysdale, who won the famed open weight Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2007, and conditioning coach Rafael Alejarra, who has recently served as Wanderlei Silva’s conditioning [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 6 cast member and fan favorite Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver is eyeing a possible move to the UFC’s 155-pound lightweight division. Koppenhaver revealed the news in a recent MySpace bulletin according to MMA Junkie.
Koppenhaver (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was not an original member of the sixth season of the UFC reality series [...]

The UFC has released eight welterweight competitors from the most-recent season of The Ultimate Fighter. All of the fighters lost on the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 6 in December.
TUF 6 Fighters Released From The UFC

Richie Hightower
John Kolosci
Dorian Price
Paul Georgieff
Dan Barrera
Billy Miles
Blake Bowman

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale.
Keep in mind that the numbers listed below are strictly the reported salaries and do not include sponsor payments, fees, and bonuses. All of the winning fighter’s salaries are composed half of a base salary and half of [...]

Spike TV and the UFC jointly issued a press release this afternoon to announced the official ratings for The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale which aired Saturday from 9pm to midnight on Spike.
Here’s an excerpt from the announcement:
Spike TV’s live telecast of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra” finale on Saturday, December 8 (9:00-12:12am) [...]

Five of the eighteen fighters who participated in bouts during Saturday’s “The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale” have been medically suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission:

Tommy Speer: Laceration below left eye; Suspended until January 8th; No contact until December 30th
Jon Koppenhaver: Scalp laceration; Suspended until January 23rd; No contact until January 8th
Jared Rollins: Right eye [...]

Roger Huerta def. Clay Guida via submission - Round 3, 0:51
Mac Danzig def. Tommy Speer via submission - Round 1, 2:01
John Koppenhaver def. Jared Rollins via TKO - Round 3, 2:01
George Sotiropoulos def. Billy Miles via submission - Round 1, 1:36
Ben Saunders def. Dan Barrera via unanimous decision
Troy Mandaloniz def. Richie Hightower via TKO - [...]

MMAFrenzy.com once again provided live, round-by-round coverage of the UFC’s latest event: The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale.
The full card for the event included:
Main Card

Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida
Tommy Speer vs. Mac Danzig
Jared Rollins vs. John Koppenhaver
Billy Miles vs. George Sotiropoulos
Ben Saunders vs. Dan Barrera

Preliminary Bouts

Troy Mandaloniz vs. Richie Hightower
Matt Arroyo vs. John Kolosci
Roman Mitichyan vs. [...]

The UFC will be making a “special announcement” tonight on The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale live on Spike according to UFC.com:
Watch the Ultimate Fighter Finale on Spike TV (9pm ET/PT) for a special announcement made by UFC President, Dana White.
Since the announcement will be made on this season’s finale it’s highly probable that the announcement [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 has finally come to an end and we now have the finalized fight card for the Ultimate Fighter Finale on Saturday night from the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The featured main event is a barn burner. Clay “The Carpenter” Guida will be taking on Roger Huerta in Huerta’s first [...]

Clay Guida (155) vs. Roger Huerta (155)
Tommy Speer (170) vs. Mac Danzig (168.5)
Ben Saunders (169) vs. Dan Barrera (170)
Jared Rollins (169) vs. Jon Koppenhaver (170)
Billy Miles (170) vs. George Sotiropoulos (169)
Troy Mandaloniz (170) vs. Richie Hightower (170)
Matt Arroyo (169) vs. John Kolosci (170)
Roman Mitichyan (170) vs. Dorian Price (170)
Paul Georgieff (170) vs. Jonathan Goulet (170)

Weigh-ins for The Ultimate Fighter Finale will take place from 3 to 4:30pm ET at the Key West Bellroom at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
The weigh-ins will not be broadcast live though a video highlight is expected to available later tonight.
As always [...]