Following back-to-back losses to lightweight champ BJ Penn and John Hathaway, UFC welterweight Diego Sanchez has returned to Greg Jackson’s team in his native Albuquerque, New Mexico ahead of his return to the Octagon against Paulo Thiago at October’s UFC 121.

Despite losing to rising prospect John Hathaway in his return to welterweight, Diego Sanchez will remain at 170-pounds as he’s set to meet Paulo Thiago at “UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez” on October 23 in Anaheim, California.

UFC 114 main card winner Mike Russow has been sidelined until November for a broken arm suffered in his come-from-behind KO of Todd Duffee, while losers Diego Sanchez, Amir Sadollah, Waylon Lowe, and Luiz Cane were also issued potential suspensions of six months or more.

UFC 114 headliners Rashad Evans and fellow former light heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson survived their grudge match without notable injuries.

Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans topped the $1.371 million payroll for Saturday’s UFC 114 event, earning $435,000 for his main event victory over rival Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, according to official fighter salaries released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Jackson scored $250,000 for the loss, while Michael Bisping ($190,000), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ($120,000), and Dong Hyun Kim ($64,000) also earned significant paydays.

Rashad Evans survived a third-round knockdown, then delivered a strong finish to seal his unanimous decision victory over fellow former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Saturday in the main event of UFC 114.

In other UFC 114 action, Michael Bisping outpointed Dan Miller, Mike Russow stunned Todd Duffee with a come-from-behind knockout, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira claimed a controversial decision over Jason Brilz, and John Hathaway spoiled Diego Sanchez’s return to welterweight.

The long-awaited grudge match between former light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans headlines today’s “UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans” event, and MMAFrenzy.com will have complete live coverage of the card.

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Former light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans successfully weighed in on Friday for their long-awaited grudge match, which headlines tomorrow’s “UFC 114: Rapage vs. Rashad” event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The rest of the UFC 114 card, including co-headliners Michael Bisping and Dan Miller, also made weight.

As the long overdue UFC 114-headlining matchup between former light heavyweight champs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans approaches, it is time once again for the MMAFrenzy.com writers and moderators to weigh in with their predictions for how tomorrow’s UFC 114 bouts will end.

The fight card for “UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans” is again complete, as a preliminary matchup between Melvin Guillard and late-replacement Waylon Lowe is now official for the preliminary card of the May 29 event in Las Vegas.

UFC 114 is headlined by a matchup between rival former light heavyweight champs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans, and also features Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller, Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz, and John Hathaway vs. Diego Sanchez.

Recent lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez will make his anticipated return to welterweight at UFC 114, drawing undefeated Bristish 170-pounder John Hathaway at the May 29 event in Las Vegas. The bout was announced yesterday by Sanchez on Twitter and is expected to be featured on UFC 114′s pay-per-view main card.

Diego Sanchez, who had his four-fight win streak snapped in a December loss to lightweight champion BJ Penn, is headed back to welterweight for his next bout.

“Yes, I’m going back to welterweight. I’m loving my new diet. I want [Josh Koscheck] or [Jon] Fitch, but any top guy will do. Just want to give you fans the best fight,” Sanchez posted on Twitter on Monday.

Strikeforce won its head-to-head battle with the WEC on Saturday, as its “Evolution” event on Showtime, headlined by Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, drew 341,000 viewers, while 330,000 tuned in for WEC 45 on Versus, featuring a main event between Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliff.

In other news, UFC 107 headliner Diego Sanchez says he is “90% healed” from his loss to BJ Penn on December 12 while the NSAC has denied Jon Jones’ appeal of his disqualification loss to Matt Hamill earlier this month.

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Main card fighters Diego Sanchez, Paul Buentello and Clay Guida were among eighteen fighters issued medical suspensions on Tuesday by he Tennessee Athletic Commission on Tuesday, stemming from bouts at UFC 107 which took place at the Fedex Forum in Memphis on December 12.

Sanchez lost a title bout to BJ Penn in the events headlining bout will have to sit out 60 days with no contact unlessed cleared by a doctor. While Clay Guida is suspended 180, which can be shortened by a clearance from an ophthalmologist for a possible eye injury suffered in his loss to Kenny Florian, and Buentello is suspended indefinitely pending rib X-rays following his majority decision loss to Stefan Struve.

UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn dominated challenger Diego Sanchez from start to finish on Saturday in the main event of UFC 107 in Memphis, Tennessee, dropping Sanchez in the opening seconds of the fight and bludgeoning him with superior boxing throughout the bout before ultimately opening up a fight-ending gash in the fifth round to retain the 155-pound title.

Frank Mir, Kenny Florian, Jon Fitch, and Stefan Struve also picked up wins on the UFC 107 main card.

UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn and challenger Diego Sanchez successfully make weight on Friday for their UFC 107 matchup, which headlines Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Memphis, Tennessee.

Co-headlining heavyweights Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo and featured lightweights Kenny Florian and Clay Guida also made weight, as did the rest of the 11-bout card, though Edgar Garcia required additional time to shed an extra 2 pounds, while a number of fighters had to strip down and take advantage of the one-pound allowance to make weight.