The pay-per-view main card for “UFC 112: Invincible,” the UFC’s debut in Abu Dhabi on April 10, is now complete following the recent addition of Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos and Kendall Grove vs. Mark Munoz to the event’s official fight card.

UFC 112 is headlined by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia and lightweight title-holder BJ Penn vs. Frankie Edgar, and also features former welterweight champ Matt Hughes vs. UFC newcomer Renzo Gracie.

A lightweight matchup between Terry Etim and Rafael dos Anjos is in the works for UFC 112, while The Ultimate Fighter 9 welterweight runner-up DaMarques Johnson today announced that he’ll also be fighting at the April 10 event in Abu Dhabi.

Chris Leben topped the $357,000 payroll for Monday’s UFC Fight Night 20, according to figures released Wednesday by the Virginia State Athletic Commission, taking home an event-high $60,000 for his decision victory over Jay Silva on the event’s preliminary.

Other top-earners for the Spike-televised event included headliners Gray Maynard ($40,000) and Nate Diaz ($48,000) along with Amir Sadollah ($30,000) and Aaron Simpson ($22,000).

Lightweight contender Gray Maynard avenged the only loss of his MMA career on Monday, edging TUF 5 winner Nate Diaz by split decision in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 20 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

Also on the UFC Fight Night 20 main card, Evan Dunham upset TUF 9 winner Efrain Escudero with a third-round submission, Aaron Simpson came from behind to edge Tom Lawlor in a controversial split decision, and TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah dominated Brad Blackburn en route to a unanimous decision win.

The entire UFC Fight Night 20 card, including headlining lightweights Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz, successfully made weight on Sunday at the official fighter weigh-ins for Monday’s Spike-televised event, which takes place at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

Lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Kyle Bradley are slated to meet on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 20 on January 11 in Fairfax, Virginia. Both fighters back their UFC careers with back-to-back losses but recently earned their first wins inside the Octagon, with dos Anjos topping Rob Emerson in September while Bradley knocked out Phillipe Nover in May.

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.

Recent injuries suffered by Matt Wiman and Rob Emerson have forced changes to the UFC’s upcoming UFC 101 and UFC 103 lineups.

A cut that required stitches forced Emerson out of his scheduled UFC 101 preliminary card fight against George Sotiropoulos, with George Roop tapped as a replacement, while Emerson will replace Wiman, who is sidelined with a knee injury, and take on Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 103.

Lightweights Matt Wiman and Rafael dos Anjos, both losers of two-straight, will square off at UFC 103 on September 19 in Dallas with their UFC future likely on the line.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Junior dos Santos is expected to co-headline UFC 103 alongside a main event featuring Rich Franklin against an opponent to-be-announced. Mike Swick vs. Martin Kampmann, Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg, and Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller are also rumored for the card.

Ryan Bader likely suffered a major knee injury in his UFN 18 victory and Tyson Griffin, Rafael dos Anjos, Aaron Simpson, and Rob Kimmons each received $30,000 bonuses for their performances on Wednesday at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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.

Jeremy Stephens (13-3) will look to bounce back from a recent loss against Spencer Fisher when he takes on UFC newcomer Rafael doe Anjos (11-2) at UFC 91 on November 15th in Las Vegas.
MMA Junkie revealed the bout earlier today.
Stephens was defeated by Din Thomas in his UFC debut at UFC 71 but won his [...]