Middleweight Jason Day returned to action over the weekend for the first time since being cut by the UFC in April, defeating Trevor Stewardson via second-round submission at Rumble in the Cage 35 in his hometown of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Welterweight Josh Burkman and middleweight Jason Day have both been released by the UFC. Burkman is a loser of three-straight bouts, while Day has dropped consecutive fights inside the octagon.

All eleven fighters drug tested by the Ohio Athletic Commission following their bouts at UFC 96 on March 7th in Columbus, Ohio have tested negative.

The Ohio Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to Pete Sell, Mike Patt, Jason Day, Gabriel Gonzaga, Mark Munoz, and Ryan Madigan following their bouts on Saturday at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson took home nearly half of the disclosed $762,000 payroll at UFC 96, earning $325,000 for his unanimous decision victory over Keith Jardine in the evening's headliner. Jardine received $55,000 for the losing effort.

Eleven UFC 96 competitors, including all ten of the evening's winners, were drug tested by the Ohio Athletic Commission following their bouts on Saturday at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Quinton Jackson topped Keith Jardine via unanimous decision in the UFC 96 main event and Shane Carwin, Matt Brown, Matt Hamill, and Gray Maynard also picked up main card victories.

The weigh-ins at Nationwide arena are now completed for tomorrow night’s UFC 96. All twenty fighters made weight including the headliners Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (205), and Kieth Jardine (204). Full Weigh-In results are included below.
UFC 96 is scheduled to take place tomorrow night, at the Nationwide arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Pay-Per-View [...]

Jason MacDonald will attempt to rebound from a third-round submission loss to Demian Maia at UFC 87 earlier this month when he takes on Jason Lambert at UFC 88 in place of an injured Jason Day.
Sherdog first reported the matchup yesterday.
Day was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Lambert after suffering elbow and [...]

Jason Lambert will drop from the 205-pound light heavyweight division to the 185-pound middleweight division to take on Jason Day at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
The bout, which was officially announced the UFC this week, completes the UFC 88 fight card.
“Day is a tough guy with good kickboxing and jiu jitsu,” said Lambert [...]

Three middleweight bouts have been added to upcoming UFC cards as Jason Lambert will drop down from light heavyweight to meet Jason Day at UFC 88, Alessio Sakara will take on UFC newcomer Joe Vedepo at UFC Fight Night 15, and contenders Thales Leites and Goran Reljic will square off at UFC 90.
The trio of [...]

Thiago Alves stopped former UFC welterweight champion and future hall of famer Matt Hughes via technical knockout early in round two on Saturday, June 7th, at UFC 85 “Bedlam” in front of a sold-out crowd at the O2 Arena in London, England.
The showdown between two of the UFC’s top welterweight contenders was the main event [...]

UFC 85 “BEDLAM” OFFICIAL RESULTS

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02
Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42
Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision
Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision
Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40
Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera via submission [...]

QUICK RESULTS

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02
Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42
Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision
Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision
Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40
Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera via submission – Round 1, [...]

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UFC 85 “BEDLAM” BETTING ODDS

Matt Hughes (-200) vs. Thiago Alves (+160)
Michael Bisping (-340) vs. Jason Day (+260)
Mike Swick (-120) vs. Marcus Davis (-110)
Nate Marquardt (-225) vs. Thales Leites (+185)
Brandon Vera (-170) vs. Fabricio Werdum (+130)
Martin Kampmann (-260) vs. Jorge Rivera (+200)
Thiago [...]