Lightweight Josh Neer has been released by the UFC after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gleison Tibau last Saturday at UFC 104, his second-straight loss and third in his last four fights.

Heavyweight Pat Barry, who earned “Fight of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” honors for his second-round knockout of Antoni Hardonk at UFC 104, will be sidelined at least two months to recover from surgery needed to repair a broken thumb suffered in the win. Barry has his sights set on fighting Stefan Struve when he returns to action.

World Victory Road today announced additional matchups for Sengoku 5, which takes place on September 28th at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The opening round of the promotion’s middleweight grand prix is now set as UFC and PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura will meet Paul Cahoon in the first round and Jorge Santiago will take [...]

Hidehiko Yoshida def. Maurice Smith via submission – Round 1, 2:23
Travis Wiuff def. Kazuyuki Fujita via KO – Round 1, 1:24
Kazuo Misaki def. Logan Clark via unanimous decision
Nick Thompson def. Michael Costa via submission – Round 2, 4:13
Sanae Kikuta def. Chris Rice via submission – Round 2, 3:54
Marcio Cruz def. Mu Bae Choi via submission [...]

UFC and PRIDE veteran Jeff Monson (23-7) will face Chicago policeman and PRIDE veteran Mike Russow (9-1) in the main event of Adrenaline MMA’s debut event, set for June 14th at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois.
The promotion officially announced the main event and the entire 13-bout card for the event earlier today.
The event also [...]

FIGHTER SALARIES

Brian Stann ($18,000) def. Doug Marshall ($10,000)
Chael Sonnen ($34,000) def. Bryan Baker ($5,000)
Marcus Hicks ($10,000) def. Ed Ratcliff ($7,000)
Steve Cantwell ($8,000) def. Tim McKenzie ($6,000)
Hiromitsu Miura ($8,000) def. Blas Avena ($6,000)
Brock Larson ($24,000) def. John Alessio ($15,000)
Richard Crunkilton ($20,000) def. Sergio Gomez ($4,000)
Alex Serdyukov ($12,000) def. Ryan Stonitsch ($3,000)
Kenji Osawa ($5,000) vs. Chris Manuel [...]

Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall via TKO – Round 1, 1:35
Chael Sonnen def. Bryan Baker via unanimous decision
Marcus Hicks def. Ed Ratcliff via submission – Round 1, 1:42
Steve Cantwell def. Tim McKenzie via submission – Round 1, 2:13
Hiromitsu Miura def. Blas Avena via TKO – Round 1, 2:35
Brock Larson def. [...]

Brian Stann (204) vs. Doug Marshall (204)
Ed Ratcliff (155) vs. Marcus Hicks (156)
Bryan Baker (184) vs. Chael Sonnen (186)
Steve Cantwell (203) vs. Tim McKenzie (203)
Hiromitsu Miura (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
John Alessio (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Sergio Gomez (156) vs. Richard Crunkilton (156)
Ryan Stonitsch (171) vs. Alex Serdyukov (169)
Chris Manuel [...]