Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an [...]

Georges St. Pierre (defeated Matt Hughes)

$160,000 total salary

$80,000 to show
$80,000 win bonus

Matt Hughes (defeated by Georges St. Pierre)

$100,000 total salary

$100,000 to show
Win bonus would have been $100,000

Chuck Liddell (defeated Wanderlei Silva)

$500,000 total salary

$500,000 to show
No win bonus

Wanderlei Silva (defeated by Chuck Liddell)

$150,000 total salary

$150,000 to show
No win bonus

- Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes via submission – Round 2, 4:54
- Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision
- Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palalei via TKO – Round 3, 3:24
- Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjou via submission – Round 2, 4:20
- Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard via submission – Round 1, 4:40
- James [...]

The UFC’s year-end event, UFC 79: Nemesis, took place Saturday evening at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 10-bout fight card featured many key fights including the long-awaited meeting between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell and former PRIDE Champion “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva. The event also [...]

The end of the year cards are here for the sport of mixed martial arts, and nearly all of them look to deliver fantastic action on paper. The UFC’s Nemesis card, however, is the clear cut winner as far as providing the most anticipation for many fans. On Saturday night from Mandalay Bay Casino in [...]

The UFC 79: Nemesis weigh-ins went as expected as all 20 fighters for tomorrow’s year-end UFC event made weight in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The normally low-key event featured a near-brawl between rivals Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. After both made weight Liddell took several moments to re-dress – a move [...]

Today the UFC officially announced the full lineup for UFC 79: Nemesis. The December 29th card features 10 bouts, 5 of which are guaranteed to be shown on the PPV broadcast.
Main Card

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (Interim Welterweight Championship Bout)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs Rameau Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Soa Palalei vs. [...]

Melvin Guillard will return to the UFC in December to take on Rich Clementi, according to reports:
Rumors began to circulate about this matchup last week but Clementi just recently got official word from Joe Silva of the UFC that the match is indeed on.
But before he fights Guillard, Clementi will be taking on Antoine [...]

Lightweight UFC fighter Melvin Guillard was suspended 8 months today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). The suspension came after Guillard tested positive for a cocaine metabolite in a post-fight drug screening at Fight Night 9 last month. At the event the former Ultimate Fighter contestant was defeated 29 seconds into the fight by [...]

Melvin Guillard has tested positive for cocaine metabolite following his submission loss 27 seconds into the first round against Joe Stevenson at UFC Fight Night 9 according to The Fight Network. Here’s part of the article:
“[Guillard] will have 30 days from the receipt of a written complaint to reply to the allegation and will be [...]

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC Fight Night 9 last night from MMAWeekly.com:
Main Event Fighters
-Joe Stevenson: $32,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Melvin Guillard)
-Melvin Guillard: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Joe Stevenson)
Main Card Fighters
-Kenny Florian: $16,000 (6th fight in UFC; defeated Dokonjonosuke Mishima)
-Dokonjonosuke Mishima: $8,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to [...]

Forrest Petz (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will be replacing Jeff Joslin on the April 5th UFC Fight Night 9 card. Joslin was forced to withdraw due to injury. Petz will face Kuniyoshi Hironaka (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) according to Sherdog.com.
Petz began his MMA career in January 2002 and made his UFC debut at Fight Night [...]

Roan Carneiro (10-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut against Rich Clementi (24-11-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) according to GracieMag.com. Carneiro was scheduled to face Anthony Torres.
The substitution pits Carneiro against a more experiened opponent but one that would likely give Carneiro a tougher fight and more exposure. Carneiro talked about the exposure in [...]

Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion was scratched earlier this week due to a then undisclosed injury. MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Mir was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury. From the article:
Mir evidently suffered the shoulder injury in training and it wasn’t healing properly for him to be [...]

Update: Mir suffered a shoulder injury according to numerous reports. Read more on the injury here.
Frank Mir (9-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC), the former UFC Heavyweight Champion, has been scratched from the UFC Fight Night 9 card where he was to face Antoni Hardonk (5-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). Mir has an undisclosed injury and was [...]