Tito Ortiz’s return to the Octagon at UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas will be a rematch with fellow-former light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, who replaces an injured Mark Coleman. the promotion announced late Thursday

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.

Rumors circulated on Sunday that Forrest Griffin’s run from the Octagon following his first-round knockout loss to Anderson Silva on Saturday at UFC 101 was due to a broken jaw.

However, according to Joe Ferraro of Sportsnet’s MMA Connected, Griffin’s jaw is “fine”: “Source has confirmed that the reports that Forrest has a broken jaw and was the reason he ran out of the octagon are false. His jaw is fine.”

At the post-UFC 101 press conference it was announced that the event drew an official attendance of 17,411 to the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia for a Pennsylvania-record $3.55 million live gate.

The event’s “Fight Night” bonuses, next opponents for BJ Penn and Anderson Silva, and possible destinations for future UFC cards were also announced at the press conference.

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.

If you just can’t get enough of Dana White and some of the UFC stars, you may be interested to know that White will be appearing on today’s airing of the Dr. Phil show. Alongside White will be UFC lightweight number one contender Kenny Florian and former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.

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 has officially announced UFC 101, which will take place on August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia and features BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin.

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will return to the light heavyweight division to square off with Forrest Griffin in a featured bout at UFC 101 on August 8th in Philadelphia. Rumors of the matchup had been swirling in recent days, with MMAjunkie confirming on Tuesday that both fighters have now verbally agreed to the fight.

Following his first-round knockout of Chuck Liddell on Saturday at UFC 97, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua recently told Tatame that he'd like to rematch Forrest Griffin, who defeated Rua via third-round submission in his September 2007 UFC debut, in his next bout.

Forrest Griffin will return to the octagon on August 8th to take on Thiago Silva in what is expected to be the co-main event of UFC 101 in Portland, Oregon beneath a headlining matchup featuring Randy Couture against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Forrest Griffin is expected to return to the octagon in August, likely squaring off with the loser of tonight's UFC 96 headliner between light heavyweight contenders Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Keith Jardine.

On the heels of a report that Forrest Griffin could miss all of 2009 due to a broken hand suffered in late-December, sources have informed MMA Weekly that Griffin expects to be fully healed in just two ti three months and is anticipating a summer return to action:
According to the information attained, Griffin had surgery [...]