Another bout has been added to the rumored lineup for UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th at The Pearl in Las Vegas as “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ semi-finalist Joe Lauzon takes on former lightweight challenger Hermes Franca.

MMAMania.com first reported the potential lightweight main card bout yesterday.

UFC lightweight Hermes Franca was arrested early this morning in Jupiter, Florida on charges of DUI.

Franca, who last night attended WEC 36 in Hollywood, Florida, was arrested at 2:38am on suspicion of DUI and has been released from custody. It was reportedly his first offense.

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva remained undefeated in the UFC on Saturday night, October 25th, defeating challenger Patrick Cote, though it was a finish nobody hoped for and no one saw coming.

The matchup headlined UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote” at the sold-out Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois just outside of Chicago.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote”, which takes place this evening, October 25th, at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

UFC 90 is headlined by a middleweight title clash as 185-pound king Anderson Silva battles challenger Patrick Cote. Josh Koscheck vs. Thiago Alves and Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos are also slated for the PPV main card.

Welterweight Josh Burkman failed to make weight today in Chicago at the official weigh-ins for UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote”, weighing in at 173 pounds for his preliminary matchup against Pete Sell, two pounds over the 171-pound welterweight limit. Burkman was given one hour to drop the weight and weighed-in at the 171 pound limit on his second attempt.

All other fighters, including headliners Anderson Silva (184) and Patrick Cote (183), successfully made weight.

Gleison Tibau has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Hermes Franca at UFC 90 due to a shoulder injury.
Marcus Aurelio has now been booked to take on Franca at the October 25th event in Chicago.
Sherdog today reported the injury and replacement.
Aurelio (16-6) was defeated in his most-recent bout by Tyson Griffin via [...]

A trio of lightweight bouts have been added to the rumored UFC 90 fight card, according to MMA Weekly. Former UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk (32-3-1) will take on Tyson Griffin (12-1), former title challenger Hermes Franca (18-7) will meet Gleison Tibau (15-6), and Spencer Fisher (21-4) will fight Melvin Guillard (21-7-2) at the fall [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that all eleven UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin” fighters who were drug tested have tested negative for steroids.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the NSAC, the [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that eleven UFC Fight Night 14 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The tested fighters were Anderson Silva, James Irvin, Tim [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC Fight Night 14 “Silva vs. Irvin”.
The eleven-bout Spike TV event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Main event winner Anderson Silva took home $200,000 for his 61-second knockout of [...]