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, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Main event winner Rashad Evans took home [...]