UFC 117 ‘SILVA vs SONNEN’ took place on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The Main Event featured UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Anderson Silva defending his belt against number one contender – Chael Sonnen, plus Jon Fitch taking on Thiago Alves, and Matt Hughes submitting Ricardo Almeida.

Main event:

Anderson Silva defeats Chael Sonnen via Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 5

Main card (Televised):

Matt Hughes defeats Ricardo Almeida via Submission (North South Choke) Round 1
Junior Dos Santos defeats Roy Nelson via Unanimous Decision
Jon Fitch defeats Thiago Alves via Unanimous Decision
Clay Guida defeats Rafael Dos Anjos via Submission (Injury) Round 3

Preliminary card(May not be broadcast):

Tim Boetsch defeats Todd Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dennis “Superman” Hallman defeats Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Rick “Horror” Story defeats Dustin “McLovin” Hazelett via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:15 of round two
Johny Hendricks defeats Charlie Brenneman via technical knockout (strikes) at 0:40 of round two
Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve defeats Christian Morecraft via technical knockout (strikes) at 0:22 of round two
Phil Davis defeats Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Check out all you can handle UFC 117 news and rumors and Official UFC 117 Website.

UFC 111 ‘ST-PIERRE vs HARDY’ is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Main Event will feature UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre taking on Dan Hardy plusFrank Mir vs. Shane Carwin.

Main event:

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy

Main card (Televised):

Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders
Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace
Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal
Matthew Riddle vs. Ricardo Funch

Check out all you can handle UFC 111 news and rumors and Official UFC 111 Website.

Rashad Evans talks about his upcoming fight against Thiago Silva at UFC 108, Tito Ortiz’s fight against Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 and Rampage’s return to the UFC. He admits that Machida messed him up “real bad” and that he would fight differently if he gets another shot at the title.

It seems that 2009 was the year of injuries and letdowns for the UFC and fans. Almost every card had some last-minute alteration to it. Here are our picks for the top 10 letdowns of UFC fight cards in 2009.

10. UFC 98 – Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar

What Happened: Mir pulled out due to a back surgery. Fortunately, the fight was rescheduled to UFC 100.

Disappointment Level: “Low” The only annoying thing about this rescheduling was waiting two months for a better event.

9. UFC 108 – Gabriel Gonzaga vs Junior Dos Santos

What Happened: Gonzaga pulled out due to a staph infection. The fight has been rescheduled to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Low to moderate” Santos looked great against Cro Cop and it would’ve been awesome to see his skills against a contender like Gonzaga. Other than that, it’s not a fight to lose sleep over.

UPDATE - Dos Santos is facing Gilbert Yvel at UFC 108

8. UFC 99 – Cain Velasquez vs Heath Herring

What Happened: Heath canceled due to an injury. Cheick Kongo stepped in a few weeks before the fight with little time to train and was beaten by unanimous decision.

Disappointment Level: “Moderate” At this point, people were more interested in this rising star than they were the matchup. We were just as satisfied seeing Cain maul Kongo.

7. UFC 107 – Thiago Alves vs Jon Fitch 2

What Happened: Alves pulled out due to an injury. Mike Pierce stepped in and is scheduled to fight Fitch at UFC 107.

Disappointment Level: “Annoying” Fortunately, Alves pulled out when UFC 105 and 106 were back to back. A lot of the disappointment was lost in the chaos of those two fights but once those fights were done, people realized just how great this fight could’ve been.

6. UFC 108 – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Cain Velasquez

What Happened: Nogueira backed down due to a staph infection. The fight was canceled from the 108 fight card and it is unknown if the fight will occur.

Disappointment Level: “Obnoxious” Everyone has their eyes on Cain and wants to see what he’s made of. We also just saw Nogueira put on an impressive show against Couture at UFC 105. This seemed a perfect matchup for the winner of the Lesnar/Carwin bout (more on that later), until our dreams got smashed.

5. UFC 106 – Tito Ortiz vs Mark Coleman

What Happened: Coleman withdrew due to a knee injury (which spurred comments from Tito and then a backlash from Coleman). Forrest Griffin took Coleman’s place and beat Ortiz by a split decision.

Disappointment Level: “Sigh…” This was Ortiz’s return. What better than two former champs who’ve been around since the early days going at it? Ah yes, the smack talk. And the talk was great… until Coleman pulled the plug.

4. UFC 109 – Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort

What Happened: Silva canceled due to an elbow injury but reports and interviews might point that his elbows were fine and he was disinterested in fighting Belfort. It’s speculated that neither fighter will appear on the UFC 109 card.

Disappointment Level: “Wha-what?” People just want to see Anderson fight again. After his display at UFC 101 against Forrest Griffin, it put him at a level people didn’t realize he was on. Getting hyped up for a Silva fight just to have it fall off saddens an MMA fan’s heart.

3. UFC 108 – Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua 2

What Happened: After an extremely controversial decision, Dana White claimed that a rematch would happen as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Machida had a hand injury and the fight had to be postponed to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Frustrating” The nuisance spurs mostly from the original fight rather than the setback. But still. We finally see Machida’s weak side without anything to show for it. Let’s get this over with and see who’s gonna take it.

2. UFC 106 – Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin

What Happened: Lesnar withdrew from the fight due to an illness he originally thought was swine flu. They tried to reschedule the fight for UFC 108 but after further testing, it was discovered that Lesnar had a hole in his intestine and would not be able to fight for a long time. Dana White hyped it up even more, saying Lesnar may never be able to fight again. Now it’s rumored that he’ll be healed in time for a fight in July, 2010.

Disappointment Level: “Aw, come on!” We were loving Carwin’s mockery of Lesnar so much, we started to get lost in it. Wondering what he’d say next to get at Brock. Then all of a sudden, the line is cut and we’re left with an unknown return.

1. UFC 108 – Rashad Evans vs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

What Happened: The biggest letdown of the year, if not longer. Rampage wanted to film his new A-Team movie and asked to push the fight back, which caused Dana White to retort. Because of this, Rampage decided he was going to withdraw from the UFC and that was that. After months of mockery, the fight was rescheduled to have Rashad face Thiago Silva instead. A few weeks later, Rampage came back and said he’d honor his original contract continue fighting.

Disappointment Level: “Are you kidding me!?” We endure the standoff after Rampage beat Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92. Then we sit through an entire season of the Ultimate Fighter where they go at it every episode. And then… it’s gone. It doesn’t get much worse than that.

Bonus! 0. DMX vs Eric Martinez

What Happened: It’s rumored that DMX’s manager tried to arrange the fight so that DMX would win. When it wouldn’t go down, DMX pulled out because of “safety reasons.” Now they have Coolio taking his place. Even better.

Disappointment Level: “Who cares?” Either way we’re gonna watch a washed-up rapper from the 90’s make a fool out of himself. What more could we want?

Event: UFC 100
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Location: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

“It’s the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, and for UFC 100, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is bringing out the big guns. Two championships will be on the line when UFC heavyweight title holder Brock Lesnar defends his crown against rival Frank Mir in their long-awaited grudge match, and UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre puts his belt up for grabs against Brazilian knockout artist Thiago “Pitbull” Alves. Also, The Ultimate Fighter coaches collide as Dan Henderson takes on Michael “The Count” Bisping in a pivotal middleweight showdown.”

Main Event:

UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (3-1) vs. Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (12-3) for undisputed division title

Main Card (Televised):

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre (18-2) vs. Thiago Alves (16-3)
Jon Fitch (18-3) vs. Paulo Thiago (11-0)
Dan Henderson (24-7) vs. Michael Bisping (17-1)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (12-1) vs. Alan Belcher (14-5)

Preliminary Card (May not be broadcast):

Stephan Bonnar (11-5) vs. Mark Coleman (15-9)
Jon Jones (8-0) vs. Jake O’Brien (11-2)
Jonathan Goulet (22-10) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (11-0-1)
Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice (9-2) vs. Shannon Gugerty (11-3)

The official weigh-in results for UFC 85: “BEDLAM” at the O2 Arena in London, England, are in. “BEDLAM” is slated to air at 3 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) from the O2 Arena on Saturday, June 7.

Here are the official weight-in results:

Note: Fighters are allowed to weigh one pound more than the division limit in non-title fights.

Matt Hughes (170 lbs.) vs. Thiago Alves (174 lbs.)
Michael Bisping (184 lbs.) vs. Jason Day (184 lbs.)
Nate Marquardt (185 lbs.) vs. Thales Leites (185 lbs.)
Mike Swick (170 lbs.) vs. Marcus Davis (170 lbs.)
Brandon Vera (228 lbs.) vs. Fabricio Werdum (247 lbs.)
Martin Kampmann (186 lbs.) vs. Jorge Rivera (185 lbs.)
Thiago Tavares (154.5 lbs.) vs. Jorge Rivera (155 lbs.)
Roan Carneiro (171 lbs.) vs. Kevin Burns (170 lbs.)
Jason Lambert (205 lbs.) vs. Luis Arthur Cane (204 lbs.)
Jess Liaudin (169 lbs.) vs. Paul Taylor (169 lbs.)
Eddie Sanchez (244 lbs.) vs. Antoni Hardonk (247 lbs.)

Note: Thiago Alves came in heavy at 174 pounds for his main event fight against Matt Hughes. Hughes have agreed to fight at a catchweight so Alves will not have to shed the extra poundage.

Check us out for all the during and post-fight coverage you can handle.

UFC has announced that the former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes (42-6) and Thiago Alves (14-3) will headline UFC 85 main-event slot vacated by an injured Chuck Liddell.

Dana White:

“Now we will see an explosive matchup between top ten ranked contender Thiago “Pitbull” Alves and two time former UFC World Champion Matt Hughes. Alves is an ATT trained Muay Thai wrecking machine coming off of five straight wins and Hughes is a powerhouse wrestler who was the most dominant welterweight champion in UFC history. These are two of the best athletes in the sport and we are thrilled to bring them to London for the UFC 85 main event.”

Hughes is coming off a UFC 79 loss to Georges St. Pierre for the UFC’s interim welterweight title and Alves most recently defeated Karo Parisyan with a second-round TKO at UFC Fight Night 13 earlier this month which moved him up in 170-pound rankings.

Matt Hughes:

“No matter what happens in this fight, I’ve got Serra next.”

So regardless of what happens, eventually we will (hopefully) see Hughes vs. Serra bad-blood bout.

To check out the most recent UFC 85 fight card click here.

UFC Fight Night 13 will take place at Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colo., tomorrow night (April 2) at 7 p.m. ET, FREE on SpikeTV.

Here are the official weight-in results:

Kenny Florian (155.5 lbs.) vs. Joe Lauzon (156 lbs.)
Karo Parisyan (171 lbs.) vs. Thiago Alves(171 lbs.)
Matt Hamill (204 lbs.) vs. Tim Boetsch (206 lbs.)
Nate Diaz (156 lbs.) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155 lbs.)
Houston Alexander (205 lbs.) vs. James Irvin (205 lbs.)
Frank Edgar (155.5 lbs.) vs. Gray Maynard (155 lbs.)
George Sotiropoulos (169.5 lbs.) vs. Roman Mitichyan (170.5 lbs.)
Clay Guida (156 lbs.) vs. Samy Schiavo (155 lbs.)
Manny Gamburyan (155.5 lbs.) vs. Jeff Cox (155 lbs.)
Din Thomas (156 lbs.) vs. Josh Neer (155 lbs.)
Marcus Aurelio (154.5 lbs.) vs. Ryan Roberts (155.5 lbs.)
Tommy Speer (170 lbs.) vs. Anthony Johnson (169.5 lbs.)

* All fighters made weight without incident.

Don’t miss the debut of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest.” which airs right after UFC Fight Night 13.

We’ll have all the latest news and results tomorrow … check us out.

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on SpikeTV
Location: Broomfield Event Center — Broomfield, Colorado

Main event:

Kenny Florian (7-3) vs. Joe Lauzon (16-3)

Main card (televised):

Karo Parisyan (18-4) vs. Thiago Alves (13-3)
Tim Boetsch (7-1) vs. Matt Hamill (3-1)
Nate Diaz (8-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (11-3)
Houston Alexander (8-2) and James Irvin (13-4)
Preliminary card (may not be broadcast):

Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)
Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-5)
Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)
Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)
George Sotiropoulos (8-2) vs. Roman Mitichyan (5-1)
Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)

* Fight Card is Complete

All fights officially confirmed by UFC.com.

For more coverage of UFC Fight Nights click here.

Four fighters were awarded the bonuses and will receive an additional $55,000 instead of the traditional $40,000:

Akihiro Gono earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus for his armbar submission of Tamdan McCrory in round two.

Ed Herman earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus for his knockout of 50-fight veteran Joe Doerksen early in round three.

Chris Lytle and Thiago Alves were each awarded “Fight of the Night” for their exciting fight which ended by doctor stoppage at the end of round two due to a cut Lytle received above his eye.

For play-by-play and round-by-round coverage of the main card action click here.
For the “Aftermath”(a recap) of the event click here.
Don’t forget to check out our exclusive pictures from the event here.