A lightweight matchup between Tyson Griffin and Jim Miller is in the works for UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas. Griffin has won six of his last seven fights, including recent wins over Rafael dos Anjos and Hermes Franca, while Miller has gone 4-1 in the UFC with wins over the likes of Matt Wiman and Mac Danzig.

In the UFC 103 headlining bout between former UFC champions Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort, Belfort made good on his return to the UFC. The Brazilian rocked Franklin with a right, then dropped him with a left before forcing Yves Lavigne to call a stop to the contest with more punches to the downed [...]

It’s prediction time again here at MMAFrenzy.com, and I’m going to channel my inner “Carnac the Magnificent” and try to tell you what’s on the other side of tonight’s UFC 103 fights and some of the other staff from the site have joined in as well.

Fighters weighed-in today at the Dallas Convention Center Arena for UFC 103 which will take place Saturday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Pay-per-view headliner Rich Franklin made weight for the 195 catch weight bout weighing in at 195 pounds on the nose. Co-headliner Vitor Belfort missed weight by a quarter of pound and has two hours to lose the additional weight.

UFC newcomer Steve Lopez will replace an injured Thiago Tavares and make his Octagon debut against Jim Miller on the Spike-televised UFC 103 preliminary card on September 19 in Dallas, Texas.

Tavares was forced to withdraw from the matchup earlier this week after suffering a knee injury while training that is likely to require surgery and will sideline him for the immediate future.

A knee injury has forced Thiago Tavares to withdraw from his lightweight matchup against Jim Miller, which was scheduled for the UFC 103 preliminary card on September 19 in Dallas.

Though the severity of the injury, which was first reported by MMAjunkie, is not yet known, it is expected to require surgery and will sideline Tavares for the immediate future.

A lightweight matchup between Jim Miller and Thiago Tavares has been added to the preliminary card for UFC 103, which takes place on September 19 in Dallas, Texas, the UFC recently announced.

Miller (14-2) defeated Mac Danzig in July in his most-recent bout, while Tavares (14-3) is coming off a January win over Manny Gamburyan.

Frank Mir, Georges St-Pierre, Thiago Alves, and Michael Bisping were among the 13 fighters issued medical suspensions by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday following their bouts on Saturday at UFC 100.

Mir, who suffered a second-round knockout to Brock Lesnar in the UFC 100 main event, must sit out until September 10 following the loss, while St-Pierre, who defeated Alves by unanimous decision in the co-headliner, could be suspended until January 8 due to a groin injury sustained in the victory.

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and welterweight title-holder Georges St-Pierre were the top earners at Saturday’s UFC 100 event, each taking home $400,000 for their co-main event victories.

Dan Henderson ($250,000), Michael Bisping ($150,000), and Mark Coleman ($100,000) were also among the top salaries for the historic card, which drew widespread mainstream media coverage and could surpass 1.5 million PPV buys.

Heavyweight title-holder Brock Lesnar became the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion on Saturday in the main event of UFC 100 by avenging the only loss of his MMA career with a second-round knockout of interim champ Frank Mir to cap off the historic pay-per-view event, which took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre retained his title with a unanimous decision over Thiago Alves and Dan Henderson scored a second-round knockout of Michael Bisping in UFC 100’s other top bouts.

All 22 fighters scheduled to compete tomorrow at UFC 100 successfully made weight on Friday at the event’s official weigh-ins, which were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the same venue which hosts Saturday’s pay-per-view event.

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar weighed-in exactly at the 265-pound heavyweight limit, while interim title-holder Frank Mir came in 20-pounds lighter at 245. UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (170) and challenger Thiago Alves (170) as well as TUF 9 coaches Dan Henderson (185) and Michael Bisping (186) also made weight without issue.

Another fight has been added to the already stacked UFC 100 card, a lightweight match-up pitting “The Ultimate Fighter” winner Mac Danzig against former IFL standout Jim Miller.

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.

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 [...]