Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson, who both recorded victories on Saturday at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, topped the list of official salaries for the event, which were released today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Sanchez earned $90,000 for his main event win over Clay Guida ($23,000), while Stevenson received $70,000 by topping Nate Diaz ($20,000) in the first bout of the Spike-televised main card.

The UFC awarded a surprising-but-deserved three “Fight of the Night” awards on Saturday to Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida, Chris Lytle and Kevin Burns, and Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz for their entertaining performaces at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, which took place at The Pearl in Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.

All six “Fight of the Night” winners, along with Jason Dent who earned “Submission of the Night” and Tomasz Drwal who was awarded “Knockout of the Night”, received $25,000 bonuses.

Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida delivered on their Fight of the Year hype, engaging in a three-round war in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on Saturday that saw Sanchez edge Guida by split decision on the judge’s scorcards.

The rest of the card failed to disappoint either as Chris Lytle and Kevin Burns traded blows in a bout that deserved Fight of the Night before being upstaged by Sanchez and Guida, Joe Stevenson looked impressive in topping Nate Diaz by unanimous decision in a technical battle, and welterweight James Wilks and lightweight Ross Perason were crowned The Ultimate Fighter 9 champions with victories on the Spike-televised main card.

Lightweight headliners Clay Guida (155) and Diego Sanchez (156) successfully made weight on Friday at the weigh-ins for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, as did TUF 9 welterweight finalists DaMarques Johnson (170) and James Wilks (171) and lightweight finalists Ross Pearson (156).

The event takes place on Saturday at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, the same venue which hosted today’s weigh-ins, and airs live on Spike TV beginning at 9pm ET.

Though bout agreements are still pending, lightweights Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz have agreed to meet at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20th in Las Vegas.

Diego Sanchez was victorious in his lightweight debut at UFC 95, topping Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision on Saturday in London. Newcomer Paulo Thiago upset welterweight contender Josh Koscheck via first-round knockout on a card filled filled with stoppages.
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Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson, which takes place today at the 02 Arena in London England.
Former welterweight contender Diego Sanchez makes his anticipated lightweight debut against former 155-pound challenger Joe Stevenson in the UFC 95 headliner. The event’s main card also features Dan Hardy vs. Rory Markham, Wilson Gouveia [...]

Diego Sanchez successfully completed his cut to the lightweight division on Friday, weighing-in at at 156 pounds for his UFC 95 headlining bout against Joe Stevenson on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England. Stevenson weighed in at 155 pounds for the contest.
Sanchez, Stevenson, and the card’s 18 other fighters hit the scales earlier [...]

Diego Sanchez’s first fight at 155-pounds is likely to come against recent lightweight title challenger Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 on February 21st in London, England, according to Sherdog.
The bout is expected to be the co-headliner of the evening after initial plans to have UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva headline the event fell through.
Sanchez, one [...]

Renowned grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Robert Drysdale this week awarded UFC lightweight Joe "Daddy" Stevenson his BJJ black belt.
Stevenson, who clashes with Kenny Florian in the UFC 91 co-main event on Saturday in Las Vegas, has earned three of his last four victories via guillotine choke, submitting Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Melvin Guillard, [...]

Lightweight contenders Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson will square off at UFC 91 in November, according to MMA Weekly.
Florian (10-3) was last in action at UFC 87 earlier this month where he topped Roger Huerta via unanimous decision. He has won five-straight UFC bouts over Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Alvin Robinson, Din Thomas, Joe Lauzon, and Huerta.
Stevenson [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that all eight UFC 86 fighters who were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse have tested negative.
The 9-bout pay-per-view event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 5th.
The tested fighters were Forrest Griffin, Quinton [...]

MMAFrenzy.com (www.mmafrenzy.com) has confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that eight UFC 86 fighters were tested for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.
The 9-bout pay-per-view event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 5th.
The tested fighters were Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson, Melvin Guillard, Justin Buchholz, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, July 5th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, drew an official attendance of 11,172 for a live gate of $3.2 million.
Main event winner Forrest [...]

Forrest Griffin def. Quinton Jackson (c) via unanimous decision
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Patrick Cote def. Ricardo Almeida via split decision
Joe Stevenson def. Gleison Tibau via submission – Round 2, 2:57
Josh Koscheck def. Chris Lytle via unanimous decision
Tyson Griffin def. Marcus Aurelio via unanimous decision
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Justin McCully via submission – Round 1, 1:57
Cole Miller def. [...]