UFC News

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended 9 fighters from The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale for medical reasons, according to MMAWeekly.com. Martin Kampmann and Jake Ellenberger, who fought in the Main Event, and the Ultimate Fighter winner, Michael Chiesa, are at the top of the list.
None of the injuries were particularly obvious on the night of the fights and are mostly for precautionary reasons.
Ultimate Fighter Live Finale Medical Suspensions:- Martin Kampmann is suspended until August 1 with

Fighter salaries for “The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale” were released today by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMAweekly.com.
The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that the UFC is required by law to submit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, but the fighters’ salaries are still public record. Any undisclosed bonuses that a promoter pays its fighters, but does not disclose to the athletic

UFC Flyweight contender Ian McCall will be facing rival Demetrious Johnson in a rematch stemming from their draw earlier this year at UFC on FX 3. The fight was wrought with controversy when a judging error declared he bout a draw the next day, prompting a June 8th rematch. McCall recently spoke about the mistakes he made and how he will correct them this weekend:
“We have a lot of motivation because I felt I won the fight, he felt he won the fight, and we had all the drama behind it. We put on a

TUF 14 contestant, Dustin “The Disciple” Pague Papazian will step inside the Octagon for the second time in his career, facing Jared Papazian at UFC on FX 3. Based out of Sterling, Virginia Dustin Pague is 10-5 in his MMA career, with 3 KO/TKO and 7 submission victories. Pague got won Fight of the Season award at TUF 14 for his scrap with Louis Gaudinot, and will be looking to deliver more of the same at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on June 8th. Coming off a loss to John

Gilbert Melendez defended his Strikeforce Lightweight title for the fourth consecutive time on May 19, when he defeated Josh Thomson via split decision at the Strikeforce:Barnett vs. Cormier event which took place in San Jose, California.After 9-straight title fights and 7-straight wins, Melendez not only retained his title, but had finally shut the door on his four-year rivalry with Thomson. As is the case in any split decision, the win was contested by some fight fans. As far as Melendez is concerned,

News recently broke that UFC 146 Heavyweight title challenger Frank Mir had received a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) prior to the bout. Confirmed by NSAC commissioner Keith Kizer, Mir was said to have T:E levels of roughly 1:1. This is a far cry from Alistair Overeem’s levels, the man whom he replaced in the bout. Overeem did not use TRT as a defense for his failed drug test and registered at 14:1 T:E levels.
The news comes as yet another example of a recent

Former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin has not had a fight since he lost to current Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos, by decision last year.  This past November he underwent surgery for neck, back and nerve problems. The surgery took 4 four hours and required drilling into Carwin’s skull as part of the process that repaired nerve damage and problems with his spine. On top of that he was not allowed to train again until February.I caught up with Carwin in January he was getting ready

In June 2010, we posted a list of the ten greatest fighters who had yet to take a loss. By November…