After a close first-round, lightweight Joe Lauzon forced late-replacement Jeremy Stephens to submit to an armbar late in the second-round of their headlining matchup, which capped off UFC Fight Night 17 on Saturday at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.
Heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez, veteran Josh Neer, and knockout artist Anthony Johnson also picked up [...]

All twenty fighters scheduled to participate tomorrow evening at UFC Fight Night 17 hit the scales this afternoon at the Marshall Student Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa to make their matchups official.
Lightweights Rich Clementi and Josh Neer failed to make weight, each missing the 156-pound non-title limit by just half a [...]

Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao, Matt Wiman vs. Sam Stout, and Derek Downey vs. Nick Catone have been revealed for upcoming UFC cards over the last 24 hours:

Light heavyweights Houston Alexander and Andre Gusmao will clash at UFC 98 on May 23rd in Las Vegas. After back-to-back knockout wins over Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara [...]

Jeremy Stephens will replace Hermes Franca and take on Joe Lauzon in the main event of UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th in Tampa, Florida.
MMAFrenzy.com confirmed the replacement earlier this evening and Spike TV has since publicly announced the lineup change.
Stephens (16-3) has won four of his last five bouts overall and three of [...]

Hermes Franca has been forced to withdraw from his headlining bout at UFC Fight Night 17 against Joe Lauzon after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee.
Franca announced the injury and withdrawal late last night on The Underground.
UFN 17 takes place on February 7h at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida and airs [...]

Amir Sadollah has again been forced to withdraw from his first bout since winning The Ultimate Fighter 7 last summer, suffering a broken clavicle that has knocked him out of his UFC Fight Night 17 matchup with Nick Catone.
MMA Weekly reported the injury on Friday afternoon.
Sadollah advanced to The Ultimate Fighter 7 finals with consecutive [...]

The UFC this week confirmed the official lineup for UFC Fight Night 17, which takes place on February 7th at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida and airs live on Spike TV
Confirmed for the main card were Hermes Franca vs. Joe Lauzon, Denis Stojnic vs. Cain Velasquez, Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer, and Nick [...]

Lightweight Matt Grice will return to the octagon on Feburary 7th against George Sotiropoulos at UFC Fight Night 17 in Tampa, Florida, according to MMA Weekly.
Grice, who took time off from fighting to graduate from the police academy, announced in November his intention to return to the octagon in early-2009. Plans for a tune-up bout [...]

One-fight WEC veteran and wrestling standout Jake Rosholt will make his UFC debut against Alessio Sakara at UFC Fight Night 17, reports MMAJunkie.com.
A three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion and four-time All-American, Rosholt (5-0) successfully made his WEC debut in November with a second-round TKO of Nissen Osterneck. The UFC’s sister promotion axed its middleweight [...]

Up-and-coming heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez will return to the octagon at UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th in Tampa, Florida against an opponent to-be-announced.
Velasquez revealed the bout in a recent video interview with Steve Cofield, which is embedded below.
A 2-Time All-American collegiate wrestler at Arizona State and a Junior College National Champion at Iowa [...]

UFC Fight Night 17, the yet unannounced February 7th event which had been rumored for Las Vegas, will instead take place at the 10,000+ seat USF Sun Dome on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Joe Lauzon vs. Hermes Franca, Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer, Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone, and Rob [...]

Another bout has been added to the rumored lineup for UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th at The Pearl in Las Vegas as “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ semi-finalist Joe Lauzon takes on former lightweight challenger Hermes Franca.
MMAMania.com first reported the potential lightweight main card bout yesterday.
After defeating former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver in [...]

The UFC Fight Night 17 card has begun to take shape as Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer and Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone have been added to the lineup for the Spike TV-broadcast event which will take place at The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Danzig, the winner of The Ultimate [...]