Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Main event winner Rashad Evans took home [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Rashad Evans moved one step closer to a 205-pound title shot as he remained undefeated on Saturday at UFC 88, knocking out former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell midway through the second round of their main event matchup.
UFC 88 “Breakthrough” took place on Saturday, September 6th, in front of [...]

Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell via KO – Round 2, 1:51
Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill via TKO – Round 3, 0:39
Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Nate Marquardt def. Martin Kampmann via TKO – Round 1, 1:22
Dong Hyun Kim def. Matt Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 who looked to take out the promotion’s former [...]

Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Dan Henderson (185) vs. Rousimar Palhares (184.5)
Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Martin Kampmann (184.5)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (156)
Tim Boetsch (205.25) vs. Mike Patt (205.25)
Jason Lambert (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Ryo Chonan [...]

A scheduled bout between Karo Parisyan and Yoshiyuki Yoshida has been scrapped after Parisyan suffered a last-minute back injury.
UFC.com reported the injury and card change moments ago.
The severity of the injury, including how long Parisyan will be out of action, was not disclosed.
The fight was to take place on the televised pay-per-view main card.
UFC 88 [...]

James Lee has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Tim Boetsch at UFC 88 due to an undisclosed injury, reports MMA Weekly, and UFC newcomer Mike Patt will instead take on Boetsch at the September 6th event in Atlanta.
Patt (11-2), a BodogFight veteran, has won seven of his last eight fights including [...]

Jason MacDonald will attempt to rebound from a third-round submission loss to Demian Maia at UFC 87 earlier this month when he takes on Jason Lambert at UFC 88 in place of an injured Jason Day.
Sherdog first reported the matchup yesterday.
Day was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Lambert after suffering elbow and [...]

Jason Lambert will drop from the 205-pound light heavyweight division to the 185-pound middleweight division to take on Jason Day at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
The bout, which was officially announced the UFC this week, completes the UFC 88 fight card.
“Day is a tough guy with good kickboxing and jiu jitsu,” said Lambert [...]

Three middleweight bouts have been added to upcoming UFC cards as Jason Lambert will drop down from light heavyweight to meet Jason Day at UFC 88, Alessio Sakara will take on UFC newcomer Joe Vedepo at UFC Fight Night 15, and contenders Thales Leites and Goran Reljic will square off at UFC 90.
The trio of [...]

Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill, Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares, and Karo Parisyan vs.Yoshiyuki Yoshida have been officially added to UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will return to the 205-pound light heavyweight division at UFC 88 to take on “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ cast member Matt Hamill. Franklin [...]

Leonard Garcia has agreed to a September 10th featherweight bout against former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at WEC 36. [MMA Junkie]
Anderson Silva will likely face Patrick Cote in a middleweight title bout at UFC 88 in Atlanta. [MMA Weekly]
A long-rumored bout between welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez has been moved from UFC [...]

Lyoto Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, announced during a recent appearance on TAGG Radio that the light heavyweight contender will next fight in October against an opponent to-be-announced. During the appearance Soares also confirmed that Anderson Silva will indeed take on Yushin Okami next following his July 19th light heavyweight bout against James Irvin.
All of the [...]

Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]