Despite forfeiting 20-percent of his earnings to opponent Jason MacDonald, middleweight Wilson Gouveia remained the top earner at The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale, earning $36,800 for his first-round technical knockout victory. MacDonald was the second-highest paid fighter on the card, receiving $35,200 for the losing effort.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official salaries [...]

Junie Browning, Dave Kaplan, Anthony Johnson, and Kryzystof Soszynski each took home $25,000 “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances last night at The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale.
Lightweights Junie Browning and Dave Kaplan were surprisingly awarded “Fight of the Night” for their lopsided main card opener that saw Browning display superior striking, picking apart Kaplan on [...]

Underdog Efrain Escudero topped highly touted Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Finale to win the season’s lightweight tournament.
The event took place on Saturday, December 13th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.
In the [...]

Fighters tipped the scales moments ago in Las Vegas to weigh in for the matchups tomorrow night at The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Finale, which takes place at The Pearl at the Palms and airs live on Spike TV.
Middleweight Wilson Gouveia failed to make weight for his scheduled middleweight contest against [...]

After back-to-back episodes of The Ultimate Fighter 8 last night featuring the semifinals of season’s lightweight and light heavyweight tournaments, the finals are now set with lightweights Phillipe Nover and Efrain Escudero meeting for the season eight 155-pound crown and light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Vinny Magalhaes squaring off for the 205-pound TUF 8 title.
The [...]

Spike TV and the UFC today announced that welterweights Anthony Johnson (5-2) and Kevin Burns (7-2) will headline The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale, rematching their July 19th meeting at UFC Fight Night 14 that saw Burns defeat Johnson via TKO due to an eye poke.
Middleweights Jason MacDonald (21-10) and Wilson [...]