Published by Stephen Rhodes

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 [...]

Post a comment . Nov 18, 2008
Filed under: Octagon Buzz, Aaron Riley, Alvin Robinson, Brock Lesnar, Demian Maia, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Jeremy Stephens, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Hendricks, Kenny Florian, Mark Bocek, Matt Brown, Nate Quarry, Nevada State Athletic Commission, Rafael dos Anjos, Randy Couture, Ryan Thomas, Tamdan McCrory, UFC 91

Published by Stephen Rhodes

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 [...]

Post a comment . Nov 16, 2008
Filed under: Fight Results, Aaron Riley, Alvin Robinson, Brock Lesnar, Demian Maia, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Jeremy Stephens, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Hendricks, Kenny Florian, Mark Bocek, Matt Brown, Nate Quarry, Rafael dos Anjos, Randy Couture, Ryan Thomas, Tamdan McCrory, UFC 91

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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 [...]

Post a comment . Nov 14, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Octagon Buzz, Aaron Riley, Alvin Robinson, Brock Lesnar, Demian Maia, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Jeremy Stephens, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Hendricks, Kenny Florian, Mark Bocek, Matt Brown, Nate Quarry, Rafael dos Anjos, Randy Couture, Ryan Thomas, Tamdan McCrory, UFC 91

Published by Stephen Rhodes

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. [...]

Post a comment . Oct 11, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Aaron Riley, Alvin Robinson, Amir Sadollah, Brock Lesnar, Demian Maia, Dustin Hazelett, Gabriel Gonzaga, Jeremy Stephens, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Hendricks, Kenny Florian, Mark Bocek, Matt Riddle, Nate Quarry, Nick Catone, Rafael dos Anjos, Randy Couture, Ryan Thomas, Tamdan McCrory, UFC 91

Published by Stephen Rhodes

In addition to the cornucopia of UFC programming that will be on during the week of September 15, Spike TV will have a broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 1 this Saturday, September 13 at 9:00 AM (ET) and will be on until 11:30 PM (ET).
The marathon will have all 12 episodes of TUF 1, including [...]

Post a comment . Sep 10, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Bobby Southworth, Dana White, Diego Sanchez, Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Kenny Florian, Mike Swick, Nate Quarry, Stephan Bonnar, The Ultimate Fighter 1, UFC

Published by Stephen Rhodes

As if with most MMA events, there is usually some type of pre-card events promoting the event, its fighters, etc.; UFC 87 is no different as they have announced a slew of events leading up to their event, which will take place on Saturday, August 9, from the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN. The UFC, in [...]

Post a comment . Aug 02, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Amir Sadollah, Clay Guida, Dana White, Keith Jardine, Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, MMA, Nate Quarry, Sean Sherk, UFC 87