Welterweights Martin Kampmann and Rory Markham have reportedly agreed to square off at UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas. Following his win over former WEC champ Carlos Condit, Kampmann was knocked out by Paul Daley in September, while Markham had his UFC record evened at 1-1 with a loss to Dan Hardy in February.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Monday released the medical suspensions for Saturday’s UFC 103 event in Dallas, with heavyweight Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic suspended indefinitely following his co-main event loss to Junior dos Santos.

Rich Franklin, Martin Kampmann, Frank Trigg, Hermes Franca, Cole Miller, and Steve Lopez were all suspended until October 20 after suffering knockout losses on the card.

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 Paul Daley, who had been scheduled to make his Octagon debut against Brian Foster on the UFC 103 preliminary card, will instead replace an injured Mike Swick and take on Martin Kampmann in a welterweight matchup on the pay-per-view main card of the September 19 event in Dallas, Texas.

A featured welterweight matchup between contenders Mike Swick and Martin Kampmann set for UFC 103 on September 19 in Dallas will determine the top contender in the 170-pound division, with the winner then taking on welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre for the title.

A date for the matchup between St-Pierre and the Swick-Kampmann winner is not yet set, as it hinges on how St-Pierre’s groin injury, suffered in his UFC 100 win over Alves, heals, as well as what shape the winner of the September fight between Swick and Kampmann is in, though the UFC’s traditional blockbuster year-end show, with this years set to take place in early-January, is a possibility.

The UFC officially announced its long-rumored UFC 103 event on Tuesday, confirming that the pay-per-view event will take place on September 19 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas as expected.

Four previously-reported fights were added to the event’s official lineup, as Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca, Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg, Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller, and Mike Swick vs. Martin Kampmann were all formally announced.

Heavyweight contenders Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez are now expected to square off at UFC 104 on October 24 in Los Angeles. “Looks like I’ll be fighting October 24 in LA,” wrote Carwin on Twitter. “Excited to know.”

The pair of up-and-coming heavyweights were originally rumored to co-headline UFC 103 on September 26 in Dallas alongside Mike Swick vs. Matt Hughes, but neither bout materialized for the card with Carwin-Velasquez now pushed back to UFC 104 and Swick booked to fight Martin Kampmann at the September event.

A welterweight matchup between contenders Mike Swick and Martin Kampmann, which MMAFrenzy.com first reported on yesterday, has been verbally agreed upon for UFC 103, according to multiple reports.

Bout agreements are pending to make the bout official for the September 19 pay-per-view event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

After his UFC 99 win over Ben Saunders earlier this month, welterweight contender Mike Swick called out Georges St-Pierre, Thiago Alves, and Matt Hughes as possible opponents for his next fight. With GSP and Alves set to square off in less than 2 weeks at UFC 100, a matchup between Swick and Hughes appeared most likely, with rumors indicating the fight could co-headline UFC 103 in Dallas.

In a recent interview with Raw Vegas, Swick said that they’re still trying to organize a fight with Hughes, but that he could take on fellow-contender Martin Kampmann later this year instead.

Rising welterweight Martin Kampmann has declined a reported bout against TJ Grant at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale and instead has his sights set on a bout against a higher-ranked opponent. Read what Kampmann had to say on declining the bout and who he's eying as potential opponents after the jump.

A welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and TJ Grant is likely to be added to The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20th in Las Vegas. Grant revealed the bout earlier today on Facebook.

Former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was defeated in his anticipated UFC debut, dropping a split decision to Martin Kampmann in the UFN 18 main event.

Twenty-two of the twenty-four fighters scheduled to be in action at UFC Fight Night 18 successfully weighed in for their bouts on Tuesday at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.