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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the final salary figures for the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 143: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight card from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The top earner was Nick Diaz who took home $200,000 in a five round losing effort to Carlos Condit ($110,000). Condit’s win earned him the interim UFC Welterweight Championship, while Diaz implied he was going to walk away from mixed martial arts following the loss.
The second

Yesterday, UFC 143 brought us a new Interim Welterweight titleholder with Carlos Condit’s decision victory over the favored Nick Diaz. While many view this victory as controversial and perhaps even unwarranted, there are several reasons to view Condit’s performance as nothing short of masterful, and at the end of the day, he walked away with the belt on Saturday. Let’s take a look at why Condit’s victory was a great performance in the Octagon on Saturday.
First of all, Condit landed more overall

Leading up to UFC 143 many thought that Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit would be a striking battle with two of the most accomplished strikers in the Welterweight division just throwing down and going for it. Things didn’t exactly go that way, instead Carlos Condit used a perfect game plan to counter Nick Diaz’s style and take home the interim UFC Welterweight title after the five round battle.
Questions after seeing Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit:
-Did the UFC just see a lot of pay per view buys

On Saturday, February 4th, undefeated kickboxing phenom Stephen ”Wonderboy” Thompson (5-0 MMA) will be making his UFC debut against Daniel “The Anvil” Stittgen (7-1 MMA) on the preliminary card, which can be viewed on the UFC’s Official Facebook page.
It’s not the first time we get to speak with Stephen Thompson. Only a few months ago, Thompson shared thoughts about his training alongside the likes of Georges St. Pierre at Montreal-based Tristar MMA. “Wonderboy” may be only at

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Heading into his bout against Christian Morecraft on January 20, Pat Barry had put together a UFC record of 3-4, never putting together two wins in a row. Barry never failed to deliver an exciting fight, even when he lost two in a row to Cheick Kongo and Stefan Struve.
The fight against Morecraft looked like it would end with a third straight loss when Barry was caught in an armbar, but he slipped free, showing some solid submission defense and when the fight went back to standing he caught Morecraft with

Rousimar Palhares‘s reputation for unsportsmanlike leg-breaking, terrifying aggression, and general insanity is well-documented, and well-deserved. But now that he’s being blamed…

Georges St. Pierre was present at the today’s UFC 143 open workouts and took some time to discuss a multitude of topics including where he stands in his rehab, the type of training that he is moving toward as he recovers from his ACL surgery, surgery that will prevent him from training until July.
St. Pierre also says that he will be rooting for Nick Diaz to defeat Carlos Condit this weekend as Diaz and his trainer, Cesar Gracie have give him motivation to fight him.  St. Pierre also heaped a

The ratings are in for UFC on FOX 2, and while the UFC’s second fight card on the network did not top the November 12, 2011 one hour special that the promotion used as an introduction, the numbers were still strong.
The ratings for the three fight card peaked during the main event between Rashad Evans and Phil Davis, when an average of 6.08 million viewers were tuned into the event.
The overall average for the fight card, which ran two hours and nineteen minutes, was 4.661 million viewers. The

Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit will meet on Saturday night to determine who will wear the interim UFC Welterweight title. The current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St, Pierre is currently recovering from knee surgery and took some time out of his rehab and training to offer his thoughts on the upcoming bout.
CHEERING FOR THE ENEMY“I respect Carlos Condit, but I want Diaz to win. It will be a weird feeling, sitting at the Mandalay Bay wanting Nick Diaz to win. I want this fight with Diaz so badly,