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.

Anderson Silva says he wants to fight at heavyweight and has his sights set of former-champion Frank Mir, Georges St-Pierre continues to recover from a groin injury and is likely to return to action in January, and Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller and Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal are set for the Spike TV broadcast of the UFC 103 undercard.

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Despite two-straight victories at light heavyweight, Tomasz Drwal will drop down to middleweight and make his 185-pound debut against slugger Drew McFedries at UFC 103 on September 19 in Dallas, Texas, according to MMA Weekly.

Drwal has won back-to-back fights over Ivan Serati and Mike Ciesnolevicz in 2009, while McFedries most-recently defeated Xavier Foupa-Pokam in May.

All twelve fighters who were selected by the Nevada State Athletic Commission to be tested for steroids and drugs of abuse at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20 have tested negative.

According to NSAC executive director Keith Kizer, fighters Diego Sanchez, Clay Guida, DaMarques Johnson, James Wilks, Ross Pearson, Andre Winner, Chris Lytle, Joe Stevenson, Brad Blackburn, Nick Osipczak, Melvin Guillard, and Tomasz Drwal tested negative at the Spike-televised event, which took place at The Pearl in Las Vegas.

Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson, who both recorded victories on Saturday at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, topped the list of official salaries for the event, which were released today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Sanchez earned $90,000 for his main event win over Clay Guida ($23,000), while Stevenson received $70,000 by topping Nate Diaz ($20,000) in the first bout of the Spike-televised main card.

The UFC awarded a surprising-but-deserved three “Fight of the Night” awards on Saturday to Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida, Chris Lytle and Kevin Burns, and Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz for their entertaining performaces at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, which took place at The Pearl in Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.

All six “Fight of the Night” winners, along with Jason Dent who earned “Submission of the Night” and Tomasz Drwal who was awarded “Knockout of the Night”, received $25,000 bonuses.

Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida delivered on their Fight of the Year hype, engaging in a three-round war in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on Saturday that saw Sanchez edge Guida by split decision on the judge’s scorcards.

The rest of the card failed to disappoint either as Chris Lytle and Kevin Burns traded blows in a bout that deserved Fight of the Night before being upstaged by Sanchez and Guida, Joe Stevenson looked impressive in topping Nate Diaz by unanimous decision in a technical battle, and welterweight James Wilks and lightweight Ross Perason were crowned The Ultimate Fighter 9 champions with victories on the Spike-televised main card.

Lightweight headliners Clay Guida (155) and Diego Sanchez (156) successfully made weight on Friday at the weigh-ins for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, as did TUF 9 welterweight finalists DaMarques Johnson (170) and James Wilks (171) and lightweight finalists Ross Pearson (156).

The event takes place on Saturday at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, the same venue which hosted today’s weigh-ins, and airs live on Spike TV beginning at 9pm ET.

Melvin Guillard vs. Gleison Tibau, Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Tomasz Drwal, and Brad Blackburn vs. Edgar Garcia has been officially added to the lineup for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, while Rory Markham vs. TJ Grant has been scratched from the card, which takes place this Saturday, June 20, at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas.

Mike Ciesnolevicz has been tapped to replace an injured Eric Schafer and square off with Tomasz Drwal at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20th in Las Vegas. NWI.com was first to report the replacement earlier today. According to reports, Schafer was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering a rib injury in training.

Light heavyweights Eric Schafer and Tomasz Drawl have signed contracts to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20th in Las Vegas. MMAFrenzy.com learned of the 205-pound matchup on Sunday from a source close to one of the fighters.

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson took place today at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. In the evening’s main event Dan Henderson topped Rich Franklin, earning a split decision victory to secure his spot as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 9 and a future middleweight matchup against opposing coach Michael Bisping. One judge scored the [...]

The UFC today announced additional bouts for UFC 93 on January 17th in Dublin, Ireland and UFC 94 on January 31st in Las Vegas.
Announced for the UFC 93 main card, which is headlined by Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin and Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, were Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. [...]