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Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim Agreed for UFC 114
Feb 11, 2010 - 11:32 am ET | 9 Comments
Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim Agreed for UFC 114

The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah and unbeaten welterweight Dong Hyun Kim have agreed to square off on May 29 at UFC 114 in Las Vegas. Sadollah is coming off back-to-back wins over Phil Baroni and Brad Blackburn, while injuries have sidelined him since a win over TJ Grant last July.

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UFC Fight Night 20 Fighter Salaries: Chris Leben’s $60K Tops Payroll
Jan 13, 2010 - 10:45 am ET | 20 Comments
UFC Fight Night 20 Fighter Salaries: Chris Leben’s $60K Tops Payroll

Chris Leben topped the $357,000 payroll for Monday’s UFC Fight Night 20, according to figures released Wednesday by the Virginia State Athletic Commission, taking home an event-high $60,000 for his decision victory over Jay Silva on the event’s preliminary.

Other top-earners for the Spike-televised event included headliners Gray Maynard ($40,000) and Nate Diaz ($48,000) along with Amir Sadollah ($30,000) and Aaron Simpson ($22,000).

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UFC Fight Night 20 Results: Maynard Edges Diaz, Dunham Upsets Escudero
Jan 11, 2010 - 11:20 pm ET | 19 Comments
UFC Fight Night 20 Results: Maynard Edges Diaz, Dunham Upsets Escudero

Lightweight contender Gray Maynard avenged the only loss of his MMA career on Monday, edging TUF 5 winner Nate Diaz by split decision in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 20 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

Also on the UFC Fight Night 20 main card, Evan Dunham upset TUF 9 winner Efrain Escudero with a third-round submission, Aaron Simpson came from behind to edge Tom Lawlor in a controversial split decision, and TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah dominated Brad Blackburn en route to a unanimous decision win.

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UFC Fight Night 20 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight
Jan 10, 2010 - 3:30 pm ET | 11 Comments
UFC Fight Night 20 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight

The entire UFC Fight Night 20 card, including headlining lightweights Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz, successfully made weight on Sunday at the official fighter weigh-ins for Monday’s Spike-televised event, which takes place at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Amir Sadollah vs. Brad Blackburn Added to UFC Fight Night 20 in January
Dec 1, 2009 - 10:36 am ET | 12 Comments
Amir Sadollah vs. Brad Blackburn Added to UFC Fight Night 20 in January

The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah will square off against IFL veteran Brad Blackburn at UFC Fight Night 20 on January 11 in Fairfax, Virginia, according to Examiner.com.

Sadollah rebounded from an August loss by earning a unanimous decision win over veteran Phil Baroni earlier this month at UFC 106, while Blackburn improved to 3-0 inside the Octagon with a decision win over Edgar Garcia in June, but has been out of action since while recovering from shoulder surgery.

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UFC 106 Fighter Salaries: Griffin and Ortiz Each Earn $250,000 as Payroll Tops $1 Million
Nov 23, 2009 - 5:16 pm ET | 9 Comments
UFC 106 Fighter Salaries: Griffin and Ortiz Each Earn $250,000 as Payroll Tops $1 Million

UFC 106 headliners Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz, former light heavyweight champions who squared off at Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, each earned $250,000 for their matchup, which saw Griffin pick up a split decision victory to even their career series at 1-1.

Griffin and Ortiz accounted for nearly half of the event’s $1,021,000 payroll, with Josh Koscheck and Antonio Rogerio each earning over $100,000 for their UFC 106 main card wins.

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UFC 106 Results: Forrest Griffin Edges Tito Ortiz, Josh Koscheck Submits Anthony Joshnon
Nov 22, 2009 - 12:54 am ET | 57 Comments
UFC 106 Results: Forrest Griffin Edges Tito Ortiz, Josh Koscheck Submits Anthony Joshnon

Forrest Griffin edged Tito Ortiz by split decision on Saturday in the main event of UFC 106 in Las Vegas, using a dominant third round to even their career series at 1-1 in the pay-per-view headliner.

Welterweight contender Josh Koscheck took out knockout artist Anthony Johnson with a second-round rear naked choke in the UFC 106 co-headliner, while Paulo Thiago, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and Amir Sadollah also won on the event’s main card.

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UFC 106 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight, Including Headliners Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin
Nov 20, 2009 - 7:00 pm ET | 9 Comments
UFC 106 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight, Including Headliners Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin

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.

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UFC 106 Complete Fight Card Announced
Nov 9, 2009 - 7:00 pm ET | 33 Comments
UFC 106 Complete Fight Card Announced

The UFC has officially confirmed the full fight card for UFC 106 which will take place on November 21. The event is headlined by Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin, and co-headlined by Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson.

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UFC 106: Baroni vs. Sadollah, Davis vs. Saunders, Dent vs. Sotiropoulos Official
Sep 30, 2009 - 9:53 am ET | 34 Comments
UFC 106: Baroni vs. Sadollah, Davis vs. Saunders, Dent vs. Sotiropoulos Official

On Wednesday, the UFC made three more bouts for the UFC 106 official. The promotion officially announced Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah, Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders and Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos for the preliminary card of the November 21 event to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Headlining UFC 106 will be a heavyweight title bout between two behemoths, champion Brock Lesnar, and challenger Shane Carwin. Also featured on the card is the return of Tito Ortiz who will be facing off against Mark Coleman.

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Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah In The Works for UFC 106
Sep 2, 2009 - 10:04 am ET | 20 Comments
Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah In The Works for UFC 106

Welterweight veteran Phil Baroni will make his return to the Octagon on November 21 at UFC 106 in Las Vegas against The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner Amir Sadollah, according to a report from Inside Fights citing sources close to both camps.

UFC 106, which airs live on pay-per-view from the Mandalay Bay Events Center, is headlined by a matchup between heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and challenger Shane Carwin, and is also rumored to include Tito Ortiz vs. Mark Coleman and Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida.

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Six UFC 101 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Including Florian and Griffin
Aug 11, 2009 - 11:46 am ET | 24 Comments
Six UFC 101 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Including Florian and Griffin

Kenny Florian, Forrest Griffin, and Tamdan McCrory were among the six UFC 101 fighters who were issued medical suspensions by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission following Saturday’s event, which took place at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

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UFC 101 Results: Penn Submits Florian To Retain Title, Silva KOs Griffin
Aug 9, 2009 - 12:52 am ET | 55 Comments
UFC 101 Results: Penn Submits Florian To Retain Title, Silva KOs Griffin

UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn retained his title on Saturday in the main event of UFC 101, submitting Kenny Florian in the fourth-round of their championship headliner to cap off the pay-per-view event, which took place at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

In the UFC 101 co-headliner, UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva returned to the light heavyweight division and silenced his critics, following up back-to-back lackluster wins with a first-round knckout of former 205-pound champ Forrest Griffin.

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UFC 101 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight
Aug 7, 2009 - 10:02 am ET | 64 Comments
UFC 101 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight

All 22 UFC 101 fighters hit the scales on Friday at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia to weigh in for their Saturday bouts, and the entire card, including headliners BJ Penn, Kenny Florian, Anderson Silva, and Forrest Griffin, successfully made weight.

The UFC lightweight champion Penn and challenger Florian both tipped the scales exactly at 155 pounds, while UFC middleweight title-holder Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin both weighed in at 205 for their light heavyweight matchup.

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Seven Additional Bouts Confirmed For UFC 101
May 4, 2009 - 10:25 pm ET | 10 Comments
Seven Additional Bouts Confirmed For UFC 101

The UFC on Monday confirmed seven additional bouts for UFC 101, which takes place on August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Officially announced were Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove, Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino, Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks, Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard, Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer, George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson, and Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort.

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