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UFC Fight Night 12: Swick vs. Burkman Results
Jan 23, 2008 - 11:10 pm ET | 25 Comments

Mike Swick def. Josh Burkman via majority decision
Patrick Cote defeats Drew McFedries via TKO – Round 1, 1:44
Thiago Tavares def. Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision
Nate Diaz def. Alvin Robinson via submission – Round 1, 3:39
Kurt Pellegrino def. Alberto Crane via TKO – Round 2, 1:55
Gray Maynard def. Dennis Siver via unanimous decision
Jeremy Stephens def. Cole [...]

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UFC Fight Night 12 Round-by-Round Results
Jan 23, 2008 - 7:26 pm ET | 10 Comments

The UFC was in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening at The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino for UFC Fight Night 12, the UFC’s second event in just five days.
The nine-fight card featured Mike Swick’s welterweight debut against Josh Burkman in the evening’s main event as well as knockout artists Patrick Cote and Drew [...]

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UFC Fight Night 12 Weigh-in Results
Jan 22, 2008 - 9:37 pm ET | 7 Comments

Josh Burkman (170) vs. Mike Swick (170)
Drew McFedries (185.5) vs. Patrick Cote (184)
Michihiro Omigawa (154) vs. Thiago Tavares (155)
Alvin Robinson (155) vs. Nate Diaz (155)
Alberto Crane (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155)
Dennis Siver (154) vs. Gray Maynard (155)
Jeremy Stephens (155) vs. Cole Miller (155)
Joe Veres (155) vs. Corey Hill (154)
Justin Buchholz (155) vs. Matt Wiman (155)

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UFC Fight Night 12 in Las Vegas
Dec 11, 2007 - 6:00 am ET | 12 Comments

The UFC has announced that UFC Fight Night 12 will take place in Las Vegas at The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino on January 23rd. Initially rumored to be held in Hollywood, Florida, the event will to be headlined by a welterweight bout between Josh Burkman and Mike Swick.
The UFC also confirmed Patrick [...]

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UFC Roundup: Rumored Bouts for UFC 80, UFC 81, UFC Fight Night 12 and More
Nov 24, 2007 - 10:49 am ET | 11 Comments

Paul Kelly, who will face Paul Taylor at UFC 80 in England, has signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC. [MMA Madness]
Yahoo Sports writer Dave Meltzer reported yesterday that Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves were potential replacements to face Matt Hughes at UFC 79 following Matt Serra’s withdrawal from the card. While Alves remains [...]

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UFC 76 Results
Sep 23, 2007 - 12:16 am ET | 28 Comments

Keith Jardine def. Chuck Liddell via split decision
Forrest Griffin def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via submission – Round 3, 4:45
Jon Fitch def. Diego Sanchez via split decision
Lyoto Machida def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via unanimous decision
Tyson Griffin def. Thiago Tavares via unanimous decision
Rich Clementi def. Anthony Johnson via submission – Round 2, 3:05
Jeremy Stephens def. Diego [...]

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UFC 76 Live Results
Sep 22, 2007 - 6:27 pm ET | 63 Comments

“UFC 76: Knockout” is now in the past and MMAFrenzy.com was the place to be for live quick results, round-by-round coverage, and discussion with other fight fans.
The event was headlined by a light heavyweight main event between contenders Keith Jardine and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell. Top welterweights Jon Fitch and Diego Sanchez [...]

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UFC 76 Weigh-in Results
Sep 21, 2007 - 5:52 pm ET | 11 Comments

Seventeen of the eighteen fighters participating in bouts at UFC 76 tomorrow night made weight in their first trip to the scales at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The lone exception was Jon Fitch who weighed-in one pound over the 171 pound welterweight limit but was able to drop the additional pound within a [...]

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UFC 76: Thiago Tavares vs. Tyson Griffin
Jul 23, 2007 - 10:00 am ET | No Comments

Rising lightweights Thiago Tavares and Tyson Griffin will face off at UFC 76 in Anaheim.
Tavares entered the UFC earlier this year with an 11-0 mixed martial arts record which he has improved to 13-0 with consecutive wins in the UFC. Thiago defeated Naoyuki Kotani at UFC Fight Night 9 in April by unanimous decision. He [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9 Fighter Salaries
Apr 6, 2007 - 9:42 pm ET | No Comments

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 [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Forrest Petz Rounds Out Fight Card
Mar 15, 2007 - 10:00 am ET | No Comments

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 [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Carneiro to Face Rich Clementi
Mar 13, 2007 - 8:26 pm ET | No Comments

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 [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Mir, Joslin Updates
Mar 11, 2007 - 11:05 am ET | No Comments

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 [...]

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UFC Fight Night 9: Mir, Joslin, Torres Out
Mar 8, 2007 - 10:10 am ET | 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Hector Ramirez Scratched From UFC Fight Night 9
Mar 5, 2007 - 8:26 pm ET | No Comments

UFCJunkie.com has broken the news that Hector Ramirez (6-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been scratched from UFC Fight Night 9 and has been replaced by Seth Petruzelli (6-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Petruzelli will be taking on Wilson Gouveia (7-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC). They report the scratch was due to an undisclosed injury.
Petruzelli competed on the [...]

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