Lightweight UFC fighter Melvin Guillard was suspended 8 months today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). The suspension came after Guillard tested positive for a cocaine metabolite in a post-fight drug screening at Fight Night 9 last month. At the event the former Ultimate Fighter contestant was defeated 29 seconds into the fight by [...]

Melvin Guillard has tested positive for cocaine metabolite following his submission loss 27 seconds into the first round against Joe Stevenson at UFC Fight Night 9 according to The Fight Network. Here’s part of the article:
“[Guillard] will have 30 days from the receipt of a written complaint to reply to the allegation and will be [...]

The medical suspensions from UFC Fight Night 9 on April 5th have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Comission with 5 fighters receiving medical suspensions. Here’s who will be out of action:

Justin McCully (left elbow)
Doctor clearance or no contest until October 3rd, 2007
Minimum suspension: May 6th, 2007
Antoni Hardonk (no specified injury)
No contest until May [...]

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC Fight Night 9 last night from MMAWeekly.com:
Main Event Fighters
-Joe Stevenson: $32,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Melvin Guillard)
-Melvin Guillard: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Joe Stevenson)
Main Card Fighters
-Kenny Florian: $16,000 (6th fight in UFC; defeated Dokonjonosuke Mishima)
-Dokonjonosuke Mishima: $8,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to [...]

Various MMA media outlets, most notably MMAWeekly.com, are confirming that Nate Marquardt will indeed face Anderson Silva for the middleweight title at UFC 73 on July 7th. They have signed the contract for the fight, which will be the night’s main event.
Also on the undercard for the event will be a match between Tito [...]

One of the UFC’s top welterweights and most known fighters, Diego Sanchez, tested positive for marijuana after UFC Fight Night 7 in Miramar in December. Here’s the news from the Orange County Register:
“UFC welterweight contender Diego Sanchez tested positive for marijuana after his first-round KO over Joe Riggs on Dec.13 at Miramar Marine Corps Air [...]

I don’t want to run spoilers on the front page for those wandering eyes that don’t want to know so for those who want to see spoilers for the first episode just click the “Read the rest of this entry” link to check them out.

Today the UFC announced their season 6 tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter. The show played a large role in taking MMA to where it is today. Here’s the release from UFC.com:
UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter® season 6 welterweight fighter tryouts will be held at the Palms Hotel and Casino, Tuesday, April 10th beginning at 8am PT. [...]

The official Ultimate Fighter 5 website will go live tomorrow, March 16th. Today, Spike TV launched their show site for the upcoming installment of the popular reality series. Spike’s site features loads of photos of the new fighters as well as backrounds and MMA records. Although there is light content on the site so far [...]

Forrest Petz (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will be replacing Jeff Joslin on the April 5th UFC Fight Night 9 card. Joslin was forced to withdraw due to injury. Petz will face Kuniyoshi Hironaka (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) according to Sherdog.com.
Petz began his MMA career in January 2002 and made his UFC debut at Fight Night [...]

Roan Carneiro (10-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut against Rich Clementi (24-11-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) according to GracieMag.com. Carneiro was scheduled to face Anthony Torres.
The substitution pits Carneiro against a more experiened opponent but one that would likely give Carneiro a tougher fight and more exposure. Carneiro talked about the exposure in [...]

Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion was scratched earlier this week due to a then undisclosed injury. MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Mir was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury. From the article:
Mir evidently suffered the shoulder injury in training and it wasn’t healing properly for him to be [...]

Just after I posted the complete cast on Friday night I learned that the names of the fighters came from a leaked photo accidentally published on a photographer’s website. I couldn’t find the photo at the time but Fightstalker.com snagged a copy. Here is the leaked photo:

Cast members from left to right: Gray Maynard, Matt [...]

MMA on Tap has a complete list of all 16 The Ultimate Fighter 5 competitors. Just days ago only 7 of the fighters were rumored yet a complete list has now surfaced. No sources are given for the list so take them with some apprehension but here are all 16 rumored fighters for the reality [...]

Update: Mir suffered a shoulder injury according to numerous reports. Read more on the injury here.
Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion, has been scratched from the UFC Fight Night 9 card where he was to face Antoni Hardonk (5-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). Mir has an undisclosed injury and was [...]