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Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2, which takes place today at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Tito Ortiz returns to the Octagon for the first time in 18-months to rematch fellow former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin in the UFC 106 main event, while welterweight contenders Josh [...]

Last weekend White said it would likely take place in Vegas and with Anderson Silva struggling to recover from elbow surgery I don’t know why they wouldn’t have GSP-Hardy headline 109 and postpone Silva-Belfort a month or two.

Also, 110 is a pay-per-view. Here’s out report:

http://mmafrenzy.com/12232/ufc-110-on-february-21-in-australia-to-air-live-on-pay-per-view/

A welterweight championship bout between title-holder Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy may headline UFC 110 on February 21 in Sydney, Australia, UFC President Dana White revealed on Friday.

During a Q&A session before Friday’s UFC 106 weigh-ins, White revealed that the matchup would likely take place in February,which includes UFC 109 on February 6 in [...]

Photos by AllElbows’ Esther Lin, courtesy of Strikeforce

Headliners Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin successfully made weight at Friday’s UFC 106 weigh-ins, as did the rest of the fighters who are set to compete at tomorrow’s event, which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The returning Ortiz, who is fighting for the first time in 18-months, tipped the scale [...]

Welterweight veterans Matt Serra and Frank Trigg will square off at UFC 109 on February 6 in Las Vegas, as The Fight Network today confirmed the long-rumored bout with Serra.

Serra (9-6) has fought just twice since his shocking upset of welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre in April 2007, dropping back-to-back bouts to St-Pierre in April 2008 [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to 7 of the 20 fighters who were in action at Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Headliner Mike Brown, the former WEC featherweight champ who suffered a second-round knockout to Jose Aldo in the WEC 44 [...]

Main card winners Manny Gamburyan and Jose Aldo topped the $236,500 payroll for Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Versus.

Gamburyan earned $36,000 for his decision win over fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia in the WEC 44 co-main event, while Aldo scored [...]

Strikeforce announced on Thursday that 145-pound women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and newcomer Herschel Walker will both compete at a January 30 Showtime-televised event at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

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, [...]

All 20 fighters scheduled to be in action tomorrow at UFC 106 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas will hit the scale today at 7pm ET to weigh-in for their bouts.

UFC 106 is headlined by Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon in a rematch with fellow former light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, [...]

A welterweight matchup between Paulo Thiago and newcomer Jacob Volkmann, previously scheduled for the non-televised UFC 106 preliminary card, has been shifted to the event’s pay-per-view main card after a bout between Karo Parisyan and Dustin Hazelett was scratched from the card on Thursday.

Thiago (11-1) upset Josh Koscheck in February in his UFC debut, but [...]

Strikeforce Challengers 5: Woodley vs. Bears, headlined by a matchup between welterweights Tyron Woodley and Rudy Bears and also featuring a 135-pound women’s bout between notables Kerry Vera and Kim Couture, takes place tomorrow at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas and airs live on Showtime at 11pm ET (delayed on west coast).

Check out [...]

All 22 fighters who will be in action at Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 5: Woodley vs. Bears event hit the scales today to weigh-in for their bouts, with the entire Showtime-televised main card, including headliners Tyron Woodley and Rudy Bears and notables Kim Couture and Kerry Vera, successfully making weight.

The event takes place at the Memorial [...]

Interim title fight between Carwin and Velasquez was probably the only possibility but doesn’t look likely because Carwin’s wife is expected with their daughter around the same time.

Karo Parisyan has withdrawn from his UFC 106 welterweight matchup with Dustin Hazelett just two days before Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas and will “not be fighting again in the UFC,” UFC President Dana White announced today on Twitter.

“Karo Parisyan has f***** over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again. [...]

UFC 110, the UFC’s long-rumored February event in Sydney, Australia expected to be headlined by Wanderlei Silva vs, Yoshihiro Akiyama, will take place in the afternoon on Sunday, February 21, but will air live in the United States on pay-per-view on Saturday, February 20, according to MMAjunkie.

Due to the 16-hour time difference between Sydney and [...]

The UFC has released the medical suspensions from Saturday’s UFC 105 event in Manchester, England, with headliners Randy Couture and Brandon Vera each receiving 30 day suspensions, while five fighters, including Mike Swick and Matt Brown, could be out up to 180 days for more serious injuries.

The complete list of UFC 105 medical suspensions (via [...]

Jose Aldo, Shane Roller, Cub Swanson, and John Franchi each earned a $10,000 “fight night” bonus for their performances at Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, WEC general manager Reed Harris announced at the card’s post-fight press conference.

In addition to winning the featherweight title in his win over Mike Brown, Aldo earned “Knockout of the Night” honors [...]

Jose Aldo became the WEC’s new featherweight champion on Wednesday with a second-round TKO of title-holder Mike Brown in the main event of WEC 44, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Also on the Versus-televised main card, Manny Gamburyan topped fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision, newcomer Karen [...]

Brendan Schaub advanced to the semifinals of The Ultimate Fighter 10 with a second-round knockout of Team Rashad teammate Jon Madsen on the season’s eleventh episode, which aired on Wednesday on Spike TV.

Matt Mitrione is still suffering from concussion-like symptoms, but no decision is made this week on whether he’ll be able to fight in [...]

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A rematch between UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will headline a May 1 UFC event in Montreal, Canada, UFC President Dana White confirmed with Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel on Wednesday.

Machida retained the 205-pound title with a controversial unanimous decision win over Rua in their first meeting at UFC 104 in [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar underwent minor surgery yesterday to treat a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract (reported to be diverticulitis) and has been released from the hospital.

“Leaving Bismarck, ND right now,” wrote UFC President Dana White on Twitter. “Brock had minor surgery and is feeling better. Not 100% sure he is out of [...]

Light heavyweights Randy Couture and Mark Coleman are expected to meet in the main event of UFC 109 on February 6 in Las Vegas, according to Sherdog, marking the first time UFC Hall of Famers will square off inside the Octagon.

Couture (17-10), a five-time champion in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, returned to the [...]

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown, challenger Jose Aldo, and the rest of the WEC 44 card successfully made weight today for Wednesday’s Versus-televised event, which takes place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Brown and Aldo both tipped the scale right at the 145-pound featherweight limit, while featherweight contenders Manny Gamburyan and Leonard [...]

UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre and top contender Dan Hardy are “not under consideration” to be coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 11, according to Heavy.com.

Yesterday, The Telegraph reported that St-Pierre and Hardy could appear as coaches on the reality series, likely delaying a matchup between the pair from February or March until mid-2010.

The Ultimate Fighter [...]

Fighter weigh-ins for “WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo” will take place today at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas beginning at 7pm ET. The Pearl also hosts tomorrow’s Versus-televised event, which is headlined by WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown vs. challenger Jose Aldo.

Watch the weigh-ins live on MMAFrenzy.com by clicking here or visit [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is suffering from a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract, according to the Associated Press. The previously-undiagnosed illness will keep Lesnar out of action indefinitely, though he could be released from the hospital soon, UFC President Dana White told the AP.

Despite his impending release, White is encouraging Lesnar to check [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, sidelined indefinitely from an undisclosed illness, is likely to require “major surgery” and may never fight again, UFC President Dana White today told TMZ.com.

According to White, Lesnar, who is also suffering from mono, has been hospitalized since collapsing during a trip to Canada last week. He will reportedly be transferred [...]

The UFC will host its first event in Virginia on January 11 as UFC Fight Night 20 takes place at the Patriot Center in Fairfax just outside of Washington, D.C. The Spike TV-televised event is headlined by a lightweight matchup between contenders Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz, while Efrain Escudero takes on Evan Dunham in [...]

A matchup between light heavyweight contenders Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva will headline UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas, the UFC today announced.

Heavyweight contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez were to meet in the card’s main event, which was announced just last week, but Nogueira was forced to withdraw from the bout [...]

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and top contender Dan Hardy are under consideration to be coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 11, according to The Telegraph.

The Ultimate Fighter 11, which will feature middleweight and light heavyweight fighters, will begin filming early next year for an expected April debut and will conclude with a live finale in [...]

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Michael Bisping, Denis Kang, Dennis Siver, and Terry Etim each earned $40,000 “fight night” bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 105 event in Manchester, England.

Bisping and Kang clashed on the Spike TV-televised main card, with Kang taking the first round before Bisping recovered to score a second-round knockout and “Fight of the Night” honors [...]

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will be sidelined indefinitely as he continues to suffer from illnesses that recently forced him to postpone his scheduled title defense against Shane Carwin, while Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has been forced to withdraw from his matchup with fellow heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez which was to headline UFC 108.

At Saturday’s post-UFC [...]

Randy Couture and Dan Hardy each moved one step closer to title shots in their respective divisions on Saturday with unanimous decision wins at UFC 105 in Manchester, England.

Couture, fighting at light heavyweight for the first time since 2006, edged Brandon Vera in the evening’s main event, battling through stinging body kicks to control the [...]

Today’s UFC 105 event at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, headlined by Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera, airs for free on tape-delay on Spike TV beginning at 8pm ET.

MMAFrenzy.com will be taking a break from our traditional live coverage for UFC 105, but stop back after the fights tonight beginning at 11pm for our [...]

All 22 UFC 105 fighters, including headliners Randy Couture and Brandon Vera, successfully made weight on Friday for Saturday’s event at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

Both Couture and Vera tipped the scale at 204 pounds, while welterweight contenders Mike Swick (170) and Dan Hardy (171) and middleweight notables Michael Bisping (186) and Denis Kang [...]

A welterweight matchup between Renzo Gracie and former champ Matt Hughes remains likely to take place in 2010, though it won’t happen in February at UFC 109 as originally reported, according to Gracie Mag:
Renzo is not going to fight in February, when he will be completely focused on cousin Rolles’s UFC debut. But…

“My relationship with [...]

Former lightweight champion Sean Sherk will return to the Octagon against Rafaello Oliveira at UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas.

Sherk announced the matchup on Thursday in an interview with wicombatsports.com.

Sherk (33-4-1) was stripped of the lightweight title in 2007 after testing positive for steroids and has gone just 1-2 since returning to action, [...]

All 22 fighters scheduled to be in action tomorrow at UFC 105 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England will hit the scale today at 11am ET to weigh-in for their bouts.

UFC 105 is headlined by Randy Couture’s return to light heavyweight against Brandon Vera and also features Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang and Mike [...]

Igor Pokrajac, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s former sparring partner, will return to the Octagon at UFC 110 on February 21 in Sydney, Austrailia against Australian newcomer James Te Huna, according to Fighters Only.

Pokrajac (21-6) had his eight-fight winning streak snapped in his UFC debut in September, dropping a unanimous decision loss to a returning Vladimir [...]

Former IFL champ Roy Nelson advanced to the semifinals of The Ultimate Fighter 10 on Wednesday with a majority decision victory over Team Rashad teammate Justin Wren.

Wren appeared to have the upper hand in the quarterfinals matchup after landing the majority of the punches in the opening round, but Nelson bounced back in the second, [...]

Stefan Struve has been tapped to fight a returning Paul Buentello on the main card of UFC 107 on December 12 in place of injured up-and-comer Todd Duffee, who withdrew from the fight last week due to an undisclosed injury.

After dropping his UFC debut to Junior dos Santos in February, Struve (18-3) has rebounded with [...]