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UFC 100 Medical Suspensions and Injuries: Mir, St-Pierre, Alves, and Bisping Among 13 Suspended Fighters
Jul 13, 2009 - 10:36 pm ET | 10 Comments
UFC 100 Medical Suspensions and Injuries: Mir, St-Pierre, Alves, and Bisping Among 13 Suspended Fighters

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.

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UFC 100 Fighter Salaries: Lesnar and St-Pierre Each Earn $400K To Top Near $1.8 Million Payroll
Jul 13, 2009 - 2:46 pm ET | 45 Comments
UFC 100 Fighter Salaries: Lesnar and St-Pierre Each Earn $400K To Top Near $1.8 Million Payroll

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.

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UFC 100 Results: Lesnar and St-Pierre Remain Champions with Dominant Wins, Henderson KOs Bisping
Jul 12, 2009 - 1:35 am ET | 75 Comments
UFC 100 Results: Lesnar and St-Pierre Remain Champions with Dominant Wins, Henderson KOs Bisping

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.

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UFC 100 Weigh-In Results: All 22 Fighters, Including Headliners Lesnar and Mir, Make Weight
Jul 10, 2009 - 6:49 pm ET | 34 Comments
UFC 100 Weigh-In Results: All 22 Fighters, Including Headliners Lesnar and Mir, Make Weight

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.

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Six More Bouts Confirmed For UFC 100
Apr 10, 2009 - 4:45 pm ET | 1 Comment
Six More Bouts Confirmed For UFC 100

The UFC on Thursday officially announced five more bouts for its historic UFC 100 event. Added to the lineup were Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher, Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien, Dong Hyun Kim vs. Jonathan Goulet, CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor, and Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty.

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Fight Bookings: Lashley-Guida, Kim-Goulet, and More
Mar 13, 2009 - 1:14 pm ET | 41 Comments
Fight Bookings: Lashley-Guida, Kim-Goulet, and More

Jason Guida has agreed to fight Bobby Lashley on short notice, Dong Hyun Kim and Jonathan Goulet will meet at UFC 100, Edgar Garcia will make his UFC debut against Brad Blackburn at the TUF 9 Finale, and more...

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UFC Fight Night 17 Results: Lauzon Submits Stephens; Velasquez, Neer, and Johnson Victorious
Feb 7, 2009 - 11:21 pm ET | 29 Comments
UFC Fight Night 17 Results: Lauzon Submits Stephens; Velasquez, Neer, and Johnson Victorious

After a close first-round, lightweight Joe Lauzon forced late-replacement Jeremy Stephens to submit to an armbar late in the second-round of their headlining matchup, which capped off UFC Fight Night 17 on Saturday at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.
Heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez, veteran Josh Neer, and knockout artist Anthony Johnson also picked up [...]

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Lightweight Matt Grice To Return To UFC In Early-2009
Nov 13, 2008 - 8:21 pm ET | 8 Comments

Lightweight Matt Grice will return to the UFC in early-2009, according to MMA Junkie.
Grice has not fought since defeating Jason Black via split decision in the “Fight of the Night” at UFC 77 in October 2007. After the win, Grice attended a local police academy and recently graduated from the program allowing him to return [...]

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UFC Roundup: Updates on UFC 80, UFC Fight Night 12, and More
Dec 2, 2007 - 10:58 am ET | 23 Comments

The UFC and CBS are working on a deal to potentially air UFC 80 on the network. [The Wrestling Observer]
Andrei Arlovski, who has just one fight remaining on his current deal with the UFC, is expected to fight before March though reports suggest a new deal is not imminent. [Payout]
Heath Herring is in the Philippines [...]

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UFC Fight Night 12: Gray Maynard vs. Matt Grice, Corey Hill vs. Joe Veres
Nov 27, 2007 - 8:16 am ET | 6 Comments

The January 23rd UFC Fight Night 12 card appears unofficially complete as MMA Junkie is reporting that The Ultimate Fighter 5 castmembers Corey Hill and Gray Maynard will both be fighting at the event.
Hill (1-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his official UFC debut against Joe Veres (4-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Despite competing on The [...]

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UFC 77: Hostile Territory Official Fight Card
Oct 3, 2007 - 1:03 pm ET | 15 Comments

After several weeks of speculation about the rumored fight card, the UFC has now announced the official fight card for UFC 77 which is slated to take place on October 20, 2007 at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. No big surprises here, other than the fact that it’s now official.
The main event will [...]

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UFC 77: Matt Grice vs. Jason Black
Aug 11, 2007 - 12:25 pm ET | 1 Comment

“The Wolverine” Matt Grice will return to the octagon in Cincinnati to face Jason Black on the undercard of UFC 77.
Grice, a wrestler from Oklahoma, has an 8-1 mixed martial arts record though his lone loss came in his UFC debut earlier this year. After going 8-0 and mixing KOs, submissions, and a pair of [...]

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UFC 70 Bonus Awards
Apr 28, 2007 - 2:25 pm ET | 4 Comments

Fighters at UFC events are paid base salaries which don’t include bonuses for fight, knockout, and submission of the night. UFC 70 was no different, giving out three bonus awards:
Fight of the night:
Michael Bisping def. Elvis Sinosic
Knockout of the night:
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (kick)
Submission of the night:
Terry Etim def. Matt Grice (guillotine [...]

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UFC 70 Live Results
Apr 21, 2007 - 4:30 pm ET | 4 Comments

**SPOILERS**
UFC 70 is being shown on tape delay in North America on Spike TV. Continue reading only if you want to know the results before they air in the United States and Canada.
You’ve been warned…

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UFC 70: Forrest Griffin Out Due To Staph Infection
Mar 14, 2007 - 7:45 pm ET | No Comments

Mere hours after we thought the UFC 70 card was finalized, UFC.com has dropped a bombshell that Forrest Griffin was forced to withdraw from the event on April 21st in England due to a staph infection in his knee. Here’s the release:
“Light heavyweight contender Forrest Griffin has been sidelined by a severe staph infection in [...]

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