As many of you know the UFC has a tendency to trim fighters that don’t do well early in their UFC career from their roster. That trend has continued this week as the UFC has cut three more fighters, Mike Ciesnolevicz, Tim Boetsch, and Frank Lester.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson took home nearly half of the disclosed $762,000 payroll at UFC 96, earning $325,000 for his unanimous decision victory over Keith Jardine in the evening's headliner. Jardine received $55,000 for the losing effort.

Quinton Jackson topped Keith Jardine via unanimous decision in the UFC 96 main event and Shane Carwin, Matt Brown, Matt Hamill, and Gray Maynard also picked up main card victories.

The weigh-ins at Nationwide arena are now completed for tomorrow night’s UFC 96. All twenty fighters made weight including the headliners Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (205), and Kieth Jardine (204). Full Weigh-In results are included below.
UFC 96 is scheduled to take place tomorrow night, at the Nationwide arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Pay-Per-View [...]

Light heavyweight Tim Boetsch has re-signed with the UFC, inking a new four-fight deal with the promotion according to MMA Weekly.
A veteran of the IFL, Boetsch made his UFC debut on short notice at UFC 81 in February, dismantling David Heath with strikes in the opening round. Following a TKO loss to Matt Hamill at [...]

Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Main event winner Rashad Evans took home [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Rashad Evans moved one step closer to a 205-pound title shot as he remained undefeated on Saturday at UFC 88, knocking out former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell midway through the second round of their main event matchup.
UFC 88 “Breakthrough” took place on Saturday, September 6th, in front of [...]

Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell via KO – Round 2, 1:51
Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill via TKO – Round 3, 0:39
Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Nate Marquardt def. Martin Kampmann via TKO – Round 1, 1:22
Dong Hyun Kim def. Matt Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 who looked to take out the promotion’s former [...]

Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Dan Henderson (185) vs. Rousimar Palhares (184.5)
Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Martin Kampmann (184.5)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (156)
Tim Boetsch (205.25) vs. Mike Patt (205.25)
Jason Lambert (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Ryo Chonan [...]

James Lee has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Tim Boetsch at UFC 88 due to an undisclosed injury, reports MMA Weekly, and UFC newcomer Mike Patt will instead take on Boetsch at the September 6th event in Atlanta.
Patt (11-2), a BodogFight veteran, has won seven of his last eight fights including [...]

Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon via TKO – Round 2, 3:28
Gray Maynard defeats Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision
Thiago Alves def. Karo Parisyan via TKO – Round 2, 0:34
Matt Hamill def. Tim Boetsch via TKO – Round 2, 1:25
Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino via submission – Round 2, 3:06
James Irvin def. Houston Alexander via KO – [...]

MMAFrenzy.com is your source for round-by-round coverage of UFC Fight Night 13 from the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event was headlined by previous “The Ultimate Fighter” cast members Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon in a lightweight matchup to move up the 155-pound rankings.
The 12-bout event was broadcast on Spike TV as a [...]

Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Kenny Florian (155.5)
Thiago Alves (171) vs. Karo Parisyan (171)
Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Matt Hamill (204)
Kurt Pellegrino (155) vs. Nate Diaz (156)
Gray Maynard (155) vs. Frank Edgar (155.5)
James Irvin (205) vs. Houston Alexander (205)
Roman Mitichyan (170.5) vs. George Sotiropoulos (169.5)
Samy Schiavo (155) vs. Clay Guida (156)
Jeff Cox (155) vs. Manny Gamburyan (155.5)
Josh [...]