As expected, medical suspensions were handed out by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for seven fighters who participated in UFC 91, which took place on Saturday; the fighters receiving medical suspensions are:
Brock Lesnar - Suspended until December 16 with no contact during training until December 7 for precautionary reasons.
Randy Couture - Suspended until January 15 [...]
The below salaries are for the fighters who partcipated at UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar; the figures were provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Please bear in mind that the below numbers represent base salaries only and do not include sponsorship deals or other “unreported bonuses”:
Brock Lesnar: $450,000 ($250,000 to show, $200,000 to win), Randy [...]
Below are the final card results for UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar, which took place in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday:
Matt Brown defeated Ryan Thomas (armbar), 0:57 of Round 2
Mark Bocek defeated Alvin Robinson (rear-naked choke), 3:16 of Round 3
Jeremy Stephens defeated Rafael dos Anjos (KO), 0:39 of Round 3
Aaron Riley defeated Jorge Gurgel, unanimous [...]
Below are the final weigh-in results for UFC 91, scheduled to take place on Saturday in Las Vegas:
Main Card:
Randy Couture (220) vs. Brock Lesnar (265)
Kenny Florian (156) vs. Joe Stevenson (156)
Gabriel Gonzaga (256) vs. Josh Hendricks (238)
Demian Maia (185) vs. Nate Quarry (185)
Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. Tamdan McCrory (170)
Preliminary Card:
Jorge Gurgel (155) vs. Aaron Riley [...]
Below is the updated card for UFC 91, scheduled to take place on November 15 in Las Vegas*:
Main Card:
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks
Joe Stevenson vs. Kenny Florian
Demian Maia vs. Nathan Quarry
Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone
Preliminary Card:
Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory
Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Alvin Robinson vs. Mark Bocek
Jorge Gurgel vs. [...]
As in all MMA events, all of the fighters have to take and pass a pre-event drug test; the UFC did the same and according to MMAjunkie.com, six fighters scheduled to participate at UFC 91 on November 15 in Las Vegas, NV have passed drug tests administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission; the Commission [...]
Below is the updated fight card for UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar, set to take place on November 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV*:
Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar
Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson
Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks
Nate Quarry vs. Demian Maia
Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory
Jorge Gurgel vs. [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about Thomas Gerbasi of UFC.com’s choices for the top knockouts of the first-half of 2008; today, Gerbasi submits - no pun intended - the top first-half submissions of 2008:
5 (tie) – UFC 85 – June 7 – Kevin Burns vs. Roan Carneiro
The next time someone from Wells Fargo calls and you want [...]
It appears that UFC 86 took its toll on a bunch of the fighters involved in the event. As typically happens after a MMA event, medical suspensions were issued; probably the biggest one being given to Quinton Jackson. Below are the medical suspensions handed out by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which oversaw the event:
Quinton [...]
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