The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to only three fighters who were in action at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 19 card in Oklahom City. Headliner Nate Diaz as well as preliminary card fighters CB Dollaway and Justin Buchholz were all issued 30-day suspensions for cuts suffered in their bouts at the event.

Nate Quarry’s $60,000 payday for his main card win over Tim Credeur at UFC Fight Night 19 on Wednesday in Oklahoma City topped the event’s $476,000 payroll, according to official fighter salary figures released on Monday by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission.

Nate Diaz and Carlos Condit were also among the card’s top earners, pocketing $48,000 apiece for their main card victories.

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The UFC on Wednesday awarded $30,000 “fight night” bonuses to Nate Diaz, Jeremy Stephens, Nate Quarry, and Tim Credeur for their performances at UFC Fight Night 19.

Diaz took home “Submission of the Night” for his main event guillotine of Guillard, Stephens received “Knockout of the Night” for his stoppage of Justin Buchholz due to cuts on the preliminary card, while Quarry and Credeur earned “Fight of the Night” for their three-round war the kicked off the event’s Spike TV-broadcast.

Following an early knockdown at the hands of Melvin Guillard in the UFC Fight Night 19 headliner, Nate Diaz took advantage of his first opportunity on the ground, forcing Guillard to tap to a guillotine choke in the second-round of the main event.

The finish capped off the Spike TV-televised card, which took place at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

A lightweight matchup between Phillipe Nover and Sam Stout scheduled for the preliminary card of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 19 event has been canceled after Nover suffered a seizure backstage before the fight.

“He is OK,” wrote UFC President Dana White in a Tweet announcing that the fight was off.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 19, which takes place today at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Spike TV-televised event is headlined by a pair of lightweight matchups, as The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner Nate Diaz squares off against “The Young Assassin” Mevin Guillard and undefeated 155-pounder Gray Maynard takes on a returning Roger Huerta.

“Nate’s been bothering the UFC about getting somebody to stand up and bang with him, because Clay Guida went in and just took him down and out-wrestled him. Stevenson did the same thing. Everybody knows I am a great wrestler, but I’m also a great striker and I want to have a good stand-up battle. I mean, if he really wants someone to go in there and stand up and bang with him? I’m that guy.”

– UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard discusses his UFC Fight Night 19 headlining matchup against Nate Diaz with UFC.com.

Tomorrow night Oklahoma City is UFC Ultimate Fight Night 19, headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard. There are certainly some interesting match ups, and a few that on paper seem a bit one sided. I decided I would go on the record with my official predictions for the event, and so have some of the other staff here at MMAFrenzy.

Despite a hard weight cut, UFC Fight Night 19 headliner Nate Diaz successfully made weight at Tuesday’s official weigh-ins for the event, weighing in exactly at the 156-pound non-title lightweight limit, while his main event opponent, Melvin Guillard, tipped the scale one pound lighter at 155. The rest of the 11-bout card also successfully made weight on their first attempt.

An infection has forced middleweight Dan Miller to withdraw from his scheduled matchup against CB Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City. According to MMA Madness, which first reported the injury on Tuesday, newcomer Jay Silva has agreed to replace Miller and make his Octagon debut against Dollaway on less than two-weeks notice.

UFC newcomer Jake Ellenberger will replace an injured Chris Lytle and take on Carlos Condit in his Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City.

MMAjunkie reported the welterweight matchup on Wednesday after Lytle was forced off the card earlier in the day due to a serious knee injury that is expected to sideline him until next year.

Veteran welterweight Chris Lytle has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled matchup against former WEC champ Carlos Condit, which was to take place at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City, after suffering a severe knee injury while training for the upcoming bout.