Travis Lutter edged hometown favorite Jason MacDonald on Friday in the main event of MFC 22, earning a unanimous decision win in the matchup of middleweight UFC veterans that capped off the HDNet-televised event at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Canada.

In other notable action, Antonio McKee topped Carlo Prated by unanimous decision in the MFC 22 co-main event, while John Alessio stopped Luigi Fioravanti with strikes in the third round of their featured bout.

Lightweight challenger Carlo Prater missed weight at Thursday’s weigh-ins for MFC 22, weighing in at 158-pounds for his 155-pound championship matchup against Antonio McKee. The bout, which co-headlines Friday’s HDNet-televised event at the River Cree Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is now a three-round, non-title fight.

The rest of the 10-fight card, including headliners Jason MacDonald and Travis Lutter, successfully made weight.

The MFC 22 headlining bout will be match up between two top grapplers, as Jason MacDonald will look to topple Travis Lutter. Also on the card, Antonio McKee will take on Carlo Prater for the MFC lightweight belt, and Luigi Fioravanti will face John Alessio.

Headlining Arena Rumble is a match up between Jason Guida and Jeremy Horn. Other notables in action on the card include Trevor Prangley, Brad Imes, Terry Martin, and Lyle Beerbohm.

A plea deal by Jeff Monson on charges of painting graffiti on the Washington Capital could force him to withdraw from several scheduled fight abroad, while a trio of bouts has been added to the lineup for the September 2 WEC 43 event in Youngstown, Ohio.

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Despite comments by UFC President Dana White following UFC 97 that Jason MacDonald was unlikely to be cut following his April loss to Nate Quarry, the promotion has done just that, releasing the veteran middleweight over the weekend, according to Sportsnet.ca.

Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision in the UFC 97 main event on Saturday in Montreal, Canada in a fight that will be remembered as one of the most uneventful in UFC history. In the co-headliner, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua likely retired Chuck Liddell with a first-round knockout.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com's live coverage of UFC 97: Redemption, which takes place today at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The event features Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on its 12-bout card.

Headliners Anderson Silva and Thales Leites and co-main event foes Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua successfully made weight on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal for their UFC 97 bouts. Full weigh-in results for UFC 97: Redemption are after the jump...

MMAFrenzy.com learned this morning that more bouts have been announced for UFC 97: Redemption, which is to take place on April 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The event is to feature headlining bouts between Thales Leites and Middle Weight Champion Anderson Silva, as well as Former Light Heavy Weight Champion Chuck Liddell [...]

Middleweights Jason MacDonald and Nate Quarry will look to rebound from recent losses and climb the 185-pound ladder when they meet at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada.
MMAFrenzy.com today confirmed the matchup, which was first reported by MMA Weekly.
Though he’s gone just 5-4 since debuting with the UFC in 2006, MacDonald (21-11) has [...]

Underdog Efrain Escudero topped highly touted Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Finale to win the season’s lightweight tournament.
The event took place on Saturday, December 13th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.
In the [...]

Fighters tipped the scales moments ago in Las Vegas to weigh in for the matchups tomorrow night at The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Finale, which takes place at The Pearl at the Palms and airs live on Spike TV.
Middleweight Wilson Gouveia failed to make weight for his scheduled middleweight contest against [...]

Spike TV and the UFC today announced that welterweights Anthony Johnson (5-2) and Kevin Burns (7-2) will headline The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale, rematching their July 19th meeting at UFC Fight Night 14 that saw Burns defeat Johnson via TKO due to an eye poke.
Middleweights Jason MacDonald (21-10) and Wilson [...]

Middleweight Jason MacDonald (21-10) has inked a new four-fight contract with the UFC.
KO Dynasty, which represents MacDonald, informed MMAJunkie.com of the new deal on Friday.
Terms of the new contract were not released.
After back-to-back “Submission of the Night” victories over Ed Herman and Chris Leben, MacDonald suffered his first UFC defeat at the hands of Rich [...]

Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, [...]