Thales Leites, Glover Teixeira, and Danillo Villefort were among the notable winners at Thursday’s Bitetti Combat 6 event in Brasilia, Brazil, while Paulo Filho, the former WEC middleweight champ who has been plagued by personal problems, ultimately withdrew from the event.

Contrary to previous reports following his knockout of Forrest Griffin on Saturday at UFC 101, Anderson Silva says he won’t be relinquishing his middleweight title to remain permanently at light heavyweight and will continue to fight in both divisions.

In other news, the UFC will counter-program Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event with a free replay of UFC 100 on Spike TV, Dennis Hallman has signed a four-fight contract to return to the UFC, and more…

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.

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.

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.

The UFC today announced the majority of the fight card for UFC 101: Declaration, which is set for August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Joining BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin on the pay-per-view main card will be Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah, Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove, and Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino.

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.

A welterweight matchup between former WEC fighters Danillo Villefort and Jesse Lennox has been added to the preliminary card for UFC 101, which is expected to take place on August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

Jon Fitch has signed a five-fight extension with the UFC, Bellator has announced the complete lineups for its first three events, Kendall Grove and Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer have been added to UFC 101, and more...

All 20 fighters slated to participate at WEC 38 tomorrow night at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California successfully made weight earlier today.
WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner came in exactly at the 155-pound division limit, while challenger Donald Cerrone tipped the scale at 154.5 pounds. Urijah Faber (145.5) and Jens Pulver (146) [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting on Wednesday announced the complete lineup for WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”, which features a main event featherweight championship bout between 145-pound king Urijah Faber and challenger Mike Brown.
WEC 36 takes place on September 10th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Floria and will air live on Versus.
The [...]

A third meeting between recent Strikeforce light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Ruiz and Jeremy Freitag will likely serve as the swing bout for EliteXC “Unfinished Business” on July 26th. [MMAJunkie]
World Extreme Cagefighting has signed former NCAA wrestling champions Jake Rosholt, Johny Hendricks, and Shane Roller. Rosholt will take on Danillo Villefort in his WEC debut [...]

Heavyweight Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) and lightweight Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) defended their respective International Fight League titles while Dan Miller (Sparta, N.J.) scored a victory over defending middleweight champion Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa) before 4,530 tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Nelson capped the evening with a victory over Brad Imes (Kansas [...]

Roy Nelson (c) def. Brad Imes via TKO – Round 1, 2:55
IFL Heavyweight Championship
Ryan Schultz (c) def. Deividas Taurosevicius via unanimous decision
IFL Lightweight Championship
Dan Miller def. Ryan McGivern (c) via submission – Round 1, 3:36
IFL Middleweight Championship
Danillo Villefort def. Mike Massenzio via submission – Round 1, 3:44
Josh Souder def. Zac George via TKO – Round [...]

CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS

Ryan Schultz (154) vs. Deividas Taurosevicius (154)
Roy Nelson (264.2) vs. Brad Imes (249.2)
Ryan McGivern (181.2) vs. Dan Miller (180.5)

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Mike Massenzio (185.2) vs. Danillo Villefort (184.7)
Zac George (155.2) vs. Josh Souder (155.2)
Matt Horwich (185.7) vs. Joey Guel (185.5)
Nick Calandrino (170) vs. John Howard (170.5)
Lamont Lister (205.2) vs. Aaron Stark (205.7)
John Franchi (155) vs. Frank [...]