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Today, the Florida State Boxing Commission released the lists of fighters’ salaries and medical suspensions from Friday’s “UFC on FX 3” event; which took place at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. UFC on FX 3 featured the UFC’s first Flyweight Main Event Headliner; a rematch between Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall.The total disclosed payroll for this event was $423,500. according to the Commission, via MMAJunkie.com.The full list of salaries is as follows and does not include bonuses such as

Tito Ortiz (16-10) will officially retire at UFC 148 in Las Vegas. One of the few fighters to have fought all of his bouts in the UFC, the “Huntington Beach Bad Boy”, will be honored by induction into the organization’s Hall of Fame that same weekend.This was confirmed by MMAWeekly.com after the UFC 150 press conference held in Denver by UFC President Dana White. White told MMAWeekly: “He pound for pound was doing some of the most damage at a time when we were hurting,but it’s part of our

Violence. That is the first thought that pops into the head of any long-time fan of MMA when it comes to Wanderlei Silva. Unbridled, rampant, bloody, violence. The thought is both good and bad for him, as he is not the only to one to inflict pain when entering the ring/cage with another man. From 1996 to the present day of MMA, one of the things you can guarantee is a Silva fight will consist of him moving forward and looking for the finish. Whether he achieved that finish, or turned into a victim himself w

Clay Guida will be headlining the upcoming UFC on FX 4 card with top lightweight contender Gray Maynard in Atlantic City on June 22. Both fighters are coming in off of a loss. Guida’s loss was at the hands of current champion, Benson Henderson; Maynard’s to Frankie Edgar.  The winner of this fight should go on to a title shot against the winner of the Henderson-Edgar rematch at UFC 150 this August.Lowkick.com had a chance to speak with Guida about his upcoming fight in Atlantic City against

UFC President Dana White said that former Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar requested to have a “sit-down” with him over a potential return to UFC after UFC 146. Unfortunately, according to White: “The meeting that we had didn’t really go very well. It wasn’t a great meeting. It was probably one of the worst meetings we’ve ever had with Brock Lesnar. I honestly have not talked to him since, so I don’t know where we are at. So, all the stuff you are seeing on the Internet is

Barring any injuries, Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez II is rumored to headline UFC 152 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The September 22nd card is beginning to shape up nicely as Rory MacDonald is set to face the returning BJ Penn in a Welterweight showdown as well.
Both dos Santos and Velasquez have obviously proved their mettle in the UFC Octagon, with JDS undefeated and Velasquez’s only blemish being a KO loss to dos Santos for the belt last November. The two top-ranked Heavyweights

With injuries affecting UFC cards at an all-time high, huge news comes today as Featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 149 headlining bout versus Erik Koch. The exact specifics of Aldo’s injury remain a mystery, but with the announcement, the Interim Bantamweight title bout of Urijah Faber versus Renan Barao has now been moved to UFC 149 as the main event.
Taking place in Cargary, Alberta, Canada, the Bantamweight Interim championship will now occur two weeks later. The

The attendance, gate and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight’s UFC on FX 3 from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The event drew a reported attendance figure of 6,635 and a live gate of $329,110. Bonuses were awarded for Submission of the Night, Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night; all of which went to fighters on the main card, excluding the headliner. The total bonus payout for this event came to $160,000.While in line with recent UFC attendance figures, the crowd

Strikeforce women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey (5-0 MMA, 3-0 SF) will defend her title against former title-holder, Sarah Kaufman (15-1 MMA, 6-1 SF), on August 18, in San Diego at Valley View Casino Center, which has hosted two previous Strikeforce shows. The event will include a main card on Showtime and preliminary fights on Showtime Extreme.Rousey won the title with a first-round armbar-submission over Miesha Tate in March. The Olympic bronze-medal judoka has yet to see a second round. She has