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All ten UFC 91 competitors tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for steroids and drugs of abuse have passed their post-fight drug screenings.
The negative results were today confirmed to MMAFrenzy.com by NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer via email.
Tested by the NSAC were Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, Kenny Florian, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Demian Maia, [...]
Newly-crowned UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was the top earner at UFC 91, earning $450,000 for his second-round TKO of former title-holder Randy Couture, who received $250,000 for his losing effort.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the fighter salaries, which do not include bonuses and also exclude taxes, fees, sponsor payments, and other miscellaneous [...]
The UFC has awarded Aaron Riley, Jorge Gurgel, Dustin Hazelett, and Jeremy Stephens with $60,000 bonuses for their performances on Saturday at UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar in Las Vegas.
Riley and Gurgel took home “Fight of the Night” honors for their standup brawl that saw Riley unanimously edge Gurgel 29-28 on the judge’s score cards.
Hazelett [...]
A near-sellout crowd of 14,272 fans packed the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night for UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar, which was highlighted by Brock Lesnar’s second-round TKO of former title-holder Randy Couture in the evening’s main event.
The event recorded a live gate of $4.8 million, which is good for the [...]
Brock Lesnar (3-1) became the new UFC heavyweight champion in the UFC 91 main event on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, knocking out heavyweight title-holder and UFC hall of famer Randy Couture (16-9) with strikes midway through the second round of their championship bout.
Couture, who had a noticeable smile [...]
Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar.
UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture returns to the octagon from a 15-month layoff to take on challenger Brock Lesnar in tonight’s headlining bout. Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson, Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks, Nate Quarry vs. Demian Maia, and Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory will [...]
UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture (220) and challenger Brock Lesnar (265) tipped the scales today at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, successfully weighing in for their main event matchup, which headlines UFC 91 tomorrow night live on pay-per-view.
The remainder of the 18-fighter card also successfully made weight, including lightweight contenders Kenny Florian [...]
Middleweights Nate Quarry and Demian Maia, who are scheduled to square off on Saturday at UFC 91 in Las Vegas, have both passed preliminary drug screenings administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission prior to the pay-per-view event.
The negative results were today confirmed to MMAFrenzy.com by NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer via email.
They join fellow-UFC [...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah has been scratched from his UFC 91 bout against Nick Catone due to a leg infection, the UFC today announced.
The promotion was unable to secure a late replacement for Sadollah and the middleweight matchup has been canceled, however a planned welterweight bout between up-and-comers Dustin Hazelett and Tamdan [...]
Matt Riddle has been forced out of his welterweight debut against Ryan Thomas at UFC 91 after suffering a knee injury.
Replacing Riddle in the 170-pound matchup is fellow “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ cast member Matt Brown, according to The Wrestling Observer.
Brown was last in action in August, losing via split decision to Dong Hyun Kim. [...]
Preliminary steroid and drug tests on six fighters scheduled to compete on November 15th at UFC 91 in Las Vegas have all come back negative, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.
Tested by the NSAC were Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, Nick Catone, Amir Sadollah, Aaron Riley and Jorge Gurgel.
Traditionally, random fighters are [...]
Lightweights Jorge Gurgel (12-4) and Aaron Riley (24-10-1) will square off at UFC 91 "Couture vs. Lesnar" on November 15th in Las Vegas, according to MMA Junkie .
After earning "Fight of the Night" honors for his unanimous decision win over Diego Saraiva at UFC 73 last July, Gurgel, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt [...]
“The Ultimate Fighter 7″ cast member Matt Riddle (1-0) will take on Ryan Thomas (9-2) in a middleweight matchup at UFC 91 “Couture vs. Lesnar”, according to MMAJunkie.com.
Riddle made his professional mixed martial arts and UFC debut in June at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, defeating Dante Rivera via unanimous decision.
Thomas had won four-straight bouts [...]
A lightweight both between Alvin Robinson (9-3) and Mark Bocek (5-2) is the latest fight to be added to UFC 91 on November 15th in Las Vegas.
Sherdog’s Andy Cotterill first reported the bout on Tuesday.
Bocek, a TKO and King of the Cage veteran, is 1-2 inside the octagon, dropping matchups with Mac Danzig and Frank [...]
Undefeated middleweight Jiu Jitsu specialist Demian Maia will take on fellow 185-pounder Nate Quarry at UFC 91 on November 15th in Las Vegas.
Maia recently confirmed the matchup with Tatame.
With an unblemished 5-0 record outside of the octagon Maia debuted in the UFC in October 2007 and has racked up three straight “Submission of the Night” [...]

