Headliner Mike Brown, the former WEC featherweight champ who suffered a second-round knockout to Jose Aldo in the WEC 44 main event, was suspended until January 3 due to facial lacerations, while Diego Nunes, Cub Swanson, and Antonio Banuelos could be out of action until May after suffering fractures in their fights.

The medical suspensions for WEC 44 were:

• Mike Brown: Suspended until January 3 with no contact until December 19 for lacerations above both eyes.
• Rob McCullough: Suspended until January 3 with no contact until December 19 for right eye cut and left hand contusion.
• Karen Darabedyan: Suspended until December 19 with no contact until December 10 for right cheek laceration
• Will Kerr: Suspended until December 19 with no contact until December 10 for right cheek laceration
• Diego Nunes: Suspended until May 18 for right orbital blowout fracture unless cleared by doctor
• Cub Swanson: Suspended until May 18 for broken fingers unless cleared by doctor
• Antonio Banuelos: Suspended until May 18 for fractured nose unless cleared by doctor

Pictured: Mike Brown

Gamburyan earned $36,000 for his decision win over fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia in the WEC 44 co-main event, while Aldo scored $26,000 (and the featherweight title) for his second-round knockout of champ Mike Brown in the event’s headliner.

The official salaries for WEC 44 were:

• Jose Aldo ($26,000 – includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown ($15,000)
• Manny Gamburyan ($36,000 – $18,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia ($14,000)
• Karen Darabedyan ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough ($20,000)
• Shane Roller ($24,000 – $12,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo ($9,500)
• Kamal Shalorus ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Will Kerr ($2,000)
• L.C Davis ($14,000 – $7,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes ($5,000)
• Cub Swanson ($18,000 – $9,000 win bonus) def. John Franchi ($4,000)
• Antonio Banuelos ($12,000 – $6000 win bonus) def. Kenji Osawa ($6,000)
• Ricardo Lamas ($8,000 – $4,000 win bonus) def. James Krause ($2,000)
• Frank Gomez ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun ($3,000)

Remember, the salaries listed above are simply those reported by the WEC to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and do not represent a fighter’s actual earnings.

In addition to their salaries above, Aldo, Roller, Swanson, and Franchi each earned a $10,000 “fight night” bonus for their performances at the event.

For more WEC 44 coverage check out MMAFrenzy.com’s WEC 44 section.

Santos (8-1), who’s expected to meet top contender Marloes Coenen on the card, won her title in August with a first-round TKO of Gina Carano, her eighth-straight win since dropping her professional debut in 2005.

Walker (0-0), a 47-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner who signed with Strikeforce in September, is a sixth-degree black belt in tae kwon do who has been training with American Kickboxing Academy in preparation for his MMA debut against an opponent to-be-announced.

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Pictured: Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos

UFC 106 is headlined by Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon in a rematch with fellow former light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, and also includes Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson and Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

Watch the weigh-ins live on MMAFrenzy.com beginning at 7pm ET by clicking here or visiting MMAFrenzy.com/ufc-video/ and stop back to MMAFrenzy.com later today for the official UFC 106 weigh-in results.

Pictured: Tito Ortiz

Thiago (11-1) upset Josh Koscheck in February in his UFC debut, but suffered his first career loss to Jon Fitch in July, while Volkmann (9-0) remained undefeated with a first-round submission of Kevin Knabjian at a May Bellator event.

UFC 106, which takes place on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, is headlined by a rematch between former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin and also features Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck and Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

Here’s how the UFC 106 card stands following today’s changes:

MAIN CARD (PPV)

• Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
• Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson
• Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
• Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
• Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt

PRELIMINARY CARD (non-televised)

• Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster
• Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno
• Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

For complete UFC 106 coverage stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Check out a photo gallery from today’s weigh-ins below:

Photos by Esther Lin, courtesy of Strikeforce

The event takes place at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas and airs live on Showtime at 11pm ET (delayed on west coast).

The card’s complete weigh-in results were:

MAIN CARD

• 170: Tyron Woodley (171) vs. Rudy Bears (170)
• 135: Kerry Vera (135) vs. Kim Couture (136)
• 170: Erik Apple (170.5) vs. Bobby Voelker (170)
• 205: Aaron Rosa (206) vs. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (205)
• 185: Kevin Casey (185) vs. Chad Vance (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• 155: Lee Gibson (155) vs. Joe Wilk (155.5)
• 145: Brian Davidson (147) vs. Russell Patrick (144)
• 170: Andrew Walters (171) vs. Nick Nolte (171)
• 185: Darryl Cobb (184) vs. Gary Tapasua (185)
• 165: Mike Chandler (166) vs. Rich Bouphanouvong (164)
• 190: Dominic Brown (190) vs. Lucas Lopes (191.4)

Stop back to MMAFrenzy.com tomorrow for Strikeforce Challengers 5 results and also be sure to check out a photo gallery from today’s weigh-ins.

Pictured: Tyron Woodley and Rudy Bears

“Karo Parisyan has f***** over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again. He will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC,” wrote White. “Pulled out of the fight the day before weigh-ins again with a laundry list of excuses. Let the press ask Karo why. Let him explain.“

Parisyan (18-5), a longtime contender at 170-pounds, was to return to the UFC after serving a nine-month suspension for testing positive for banned painkillers after a January win over Dong Hyun Kim that has since been changed to a no contest. Prior to suffering a second-round knockout to Thiago Alves last April, “The Heat” had won three-straight and eight of his last nine, with his only career losses coming to notables Sean Sherk (twice), Georges St-Pierre, Diego Sanchez, and Alves.

Hazelett (12-4) is coming off back-to-back submission victories over Josh Burkman and Tamdan McCrory, which improved his UFC record to 5-2, but hasn’t fought in over a year after an injury sidelined him from a scheduled March return.

Due to Parisyan’s last-minute withdrawal, Hazelett will not be in action at Saturday’s event and will instead be scheduled to fight on another upcoming card, though the UFC will still pay him his full salary and win bonus.

“Dustin will be paid his full purse to show and win. It’s not his fault,” wrote White.

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Due to the 16-hour time difference between Sydney and the US’ Eastern Time Zone, the event’s main card will take place at 2pm local time in Australia and air live in the UFC’s traditional 10pm ET PPV slot.

The UFC 110 rumored fight card also includes Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell, and Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski.

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Pictured: Wanderlei Silva