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The UFC Fight Night 24 fight card is complete for March 26 at Seattle’s Key Arena, including a main event between light heavyweights Antonio Rogeiro Nogueira and Phil Davis, who recently replaced an injured Tito Ortiz.

The Spike-televised main card also includes Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson, Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan, and Amir Sadollah vs. James Wilks.

The complete UFC Fight Night 24 fight card features:

MAIN CARD

• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis
• Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
• Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
• Amir Sadollah vs. James Wilks

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier
• Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
• John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
• Nick Pace vs. Michael McDonald
• Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
• TJ Waldburger vs. Johny Hendricks
• Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson
• Nik Lentz vs. Waylon Lowe

For complete UFC Fight Night 24 coverage stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Phil Davis

The UFC 128 fight card is now officially complete for March 19 in Newark, New Jersey after the UFC today confirmed the remaining bouts for the 12-fight card, which is headlined by light heavyweight champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones and airs on pay-per-view, Spike TV, and Facebook.com/UFC.

The official UFC 128 fight card features:

MAIN CARD (PPV)

• Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones
  UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
• Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
• Mirko Cro Cop vs. Brendan Schaub

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall
• Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook.com/UFC)

• Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
• Raphael Assuncao vs. Erik Koch
• Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone

For complete UFC 128 coverage and UFC 128 results stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Jon Jones

Heavyweight Jon Olav Einemo has signed with the UFC, but the 35-year-old Norwegian’s Octagon debut has yet to be finalized, according to MMAFighting.

A member of Team Golden Glory, Einemo (7-1) left MMA in 2006 after rebounding from a PRIDE loss to Fabricio Werdum with a win over James Thompson, but returned last June to improve to 7-1.

Einemo is also an accomplished grappler and is the only man to defeat current Strikeforce prospect Roger Gracie in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club submission tournament in 2003.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Starting with next month’s UFC 129 event, UFC pay-per-views will begin airing at 9pm ET, one hour earlier that their traditional 10pm timeslot.

UFC.com made the change official today with 9pm ET start times listed for “UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields” on April 30 and “UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard 3” on May 28.

The move will also shift the UFC’s preliminary card broadcasts, with Facebook prelims likely for 7pm followed by featured prelims at 8pm, which typically air on Spike.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Georges St-Pierre

Fresh off a win over previously unbeaten Billy Evangelista at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao” event, Jorge Masvidal could welcome K.J. Noons back to the lightweight division at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley” on April 9, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker recently told MMAjunkie.

Masvidal’s (21-6) win over Evangelista was the fourth in six bouts for the Bellator and Sengoku vet who was coming off a loss to Paul Daley, while Noons (9-2) fell to welterweight champ Nick Diaz in October after six-straight wins.

Diaz defends the 170-pound title against Daley in the main event of the April 9 Showtime-televised event from San Diego, California, which also includes lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle, and Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: KJ Noons

Former top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko is “seriously considering” dropping to 205-pounds to challenge newly-crowned champion Dan Henderson for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title, according to Fighters Only.

Talk of the matchup emerged after Henderson’s third-round TKO of former title-holder Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante headliner, but Strikeforce had reportedly already talked to Emelianenko about the potential superfight.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAjunkie that discussions are only in the preliminary stages and the fight wouldn’t take place until after June or July when Henderson planned to return.

Henderson (27-8) has won two-straight and five of six after falling to Jake Shields in his Strikeforce debut last year, while Emelianenko (32-3) is coming off back-to-back losses to Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Silva that snapped a 28-fight, 10-year winning streak.

If Emelianenko decides against dropping to light heavyweight, Henderson could move up for the matchup, Fedor could return as an alternate in Strikeforce’s heavyweight tournament, or Emelianenko could face the loser of Werdum vs. heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Fedor Emelianenko

Bellator 35′s welterweight tournament winners Lyman Good, Jay Hieron, Rick Hawn, and Brent Weedman each earned $20,000 for their quarterfinal victories, which also kicked off Bellator’s fourth season on MTV 2 from Lemoore, California.

Weedman was the lone tourney fighter to receive a medical suspension, as he’ll wait 60 days or until cleared by a doctor to face Hieron in the semifinals.

Meanwhile, the other semifinal between Good and Hawn has been booked for Bellator 39 on April 2, which is headlined by lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez vs. Pat Curran.

The losers of the opening round bouts, Chris Lozano, Anthony Lapsley, Jim Wallhead, and Dan Hornbuckle, earned $10,000 apiece.

The event’s other notable medical suspension went to 115-pound women’s champ Zoila Frausto, who was suspended six months unless a possible fracture in her right hand is cleared.

For the latest Bellator news, Bellator fight cards, and Bellator results stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Lyman Good

After being forced out of the UFC Fight Night 24 main event against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by a cut, Tito Ortiz is hoping for a quick return to the Octagon and wants the UFC to book a rubber match with fellow former champion Forrest Griffin.

“Hopefully in May or June,” Ortiz told MMAFighting. “It’s up to Dana and the UFC to let the fight happen. I know people want to see me fight again, so let’s do a Forrest-Ortiz 3. He’s a former world champion, our last two fights have been awesome – so let’s just put on a 3.”

Ortiz (15-8-1) edged The Ultimate Fighter winner Griffin by split decision in their first meeting in 2006, which was also the last year Ortiz recorded a win. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” is winless in five-straight, including a split decision loss to Griffin in their rematch in 2009 and a unanimous decision defeat to Matt Hamill in his most-recent fight in October.

Griffin (18-6) topped Rich Franklin last month at UFC 126 for his second-straight win following back-to-back losses to Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva.

Likely UFC fight cards for the potential matchup include “UFC 131: Lesnar vs. dos Santos” on June 11 in Vancouver and UFC 132 on July 2 in Las Vegas.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

UFC 128′s Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle and Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau preliminary bouts will stream free on Facebook.com/UFC at 8pm ET from the March 19 event in Newark, New Jersey, according to MMAJunkie.

UFC 128 is headlined by light heavyweight champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones and the pay-per-view main card also features Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland, Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus, Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt, and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub.

Spike TV will also broadcast a pair of UFC 128 prelims at 9pm ET in Eliot Marshall vs. Luiz Cane and Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani.

For complete UFC 128 coverage and UFC 128 results stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

New Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson earned $250,000 for his win over former title-holder Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante in Saturday’s main event to top the official “Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson” fighter salaries.

The Showtime-televised event took place in Columbus, Ohio and also featured wins by women’s welterweight champ Marloes Coenen ($10,000), Tim Kennedy ($50,000), and Jorge Masvidal ($30,000).

The “Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson” main card salaries were:

• Dan Henderson: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Rafael “Feijao” Calvacante: $28,000
• Marloes Coenen: $10,000 (no win bonus) def. Liz Carmouche: $5,000
• Tim Kennedy: $50,000 (no win bonus) def. Melvin Manhoef: $10,000
• Jorge Masvidal: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Billy Evangelista: $20,000

The salaries above are simply those required to be reported to the athletic commission and not representative of a fighter’s total earnings.

MORE: “Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson” Results: Dan Henderson KOs Feijao to Win Title; “Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson” Post-Fight Press Conference News and Notes

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

Pictured: Dan Henderson

Former top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko is “seriously considering” dropping to 205-pounds to challenge newly-crowned champion Dan Henderson for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title, according to Fighters Only.

Talk of the matchup emerged after Henderson’s third-round TKO of former title-holder Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante headliner, but Strikeforce had reportedly already talked to Emelianenko about the potential superfight.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAjunkie that discussions are only in the preliminary stages and the fight wouldn’t take place until after June or July when Henderson planned to return.

Henderson (27-8) has won two-straight and five of six after falling to Jake Shields in his Strikeforce debut last year, while Emelianenko (32-3) is coming off back-to-back losses to Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Silva that snapped a 28-fight, 10-year winning streak.

If Emelianenko decides against dropping to light heavyweight, Henderson could move up for the matchup, Fedor could return as an alternate in Strikeforce’s heavyweight tournament, or Emelianenko could face the loser of Werdum vs. heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Pictured: Fedor Emelianenko

Starting with next month’s UFC 129 event, UFC pay-per-views will begin airing at 9pm ET, one hour earlier that their traditional 10pm timeslot.

UFC.com made the change official today with 9pm ET start times listed for “UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields” on April 30 and “UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard 3” on May 28.

The move will also shift the UFC’s preliminary card broadcasts, with Facebook prelims likely for 7pm followed by featured prelims at 8pm, which typically air on Spike.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Pictured: Georges St-Pierre

Fresh off a win over previously unbeaten Billy Evangelista at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao” event, Jorge Masvidal could welcome K.J. Noons back to the lightweight division at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley” on April 9, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker recently told MMAjunkie.

Masvidal’s (21-6) win over Evangelista was the fourth in six bouts for the Bellator and Sengoku vet who was coming off a loss to Paul Daley, while Noons (9-2) fell to welterweight champ Nick Diaz in October after six-straight wins.

Diaz defends the 170-pound title against Daley in the main event of the April 9 Showtime-televised event from San Diego, California, which also includes lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle, and Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Pictured: KJ Noons

UFC 128′s Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle and Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau preliminary bouts will stream free on Facebook.com/UFC at 8pm ET from the March 19 event in Newark, New Jersey, according to MMAJunkie.

UFC 128 is headlined by light heavyweight champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones and the pay-per-view main card also features Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland, Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus, Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt, and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub.

Spike TV will also broadcast a pair of UFC 128 prelims at 9pm ET in Eliot Marshall vs. Luiz Cane and Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani.

For complete UFC 128 coverage and UFC 128 results stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Heavyweight Jon Olav Einemo has signed with the UFC, but the 35-year-old Norwegian’s Octagon debut has yet to be finalized, according to MMAFighting.

A member of Team Golden Glory, Einemo (7-1) left MMA in 2006 after rebounding from a PRIDE loss to Fabricio Werdum with a win over James Thompson, but returned last June to improve to 7-1.

Einemo is also an accomplished grappler and is the only man to defeat current Strikeforce prospect Roger Gracie in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club submission tournament in 2003.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

After being forced out of the UFC Fight Night 24 main event against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by a cut, Tito Ortiz is hoping for a quick return to the Octagon and wants the UFC to book a rubber match with fellow former champion Forrest Griffin.

“Hopefully in May or June,” Ortiz told MMAFighting. “It’s up to Dana and the UFC to let the fight happen. I know people want to see me fight again, so let’s do a Forrest-Ortiz 3. He’s a former world champion, our last two fights have been awesome – so let’s just put on a 3.”

Ortiz (15-8-1) edged The Ultimate Fighter winner Griffin by split decision in their first meeting in 2006, which was also the last year Ortiz recorded a win. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” is winless in five-straight, including a split decision loss to Griffin in their rematch in 2009 and a unanimous decision defeat to Matt Hamill in his most-recent fight in October.

Griffin (18-6) topped Rich Franklin last month at UFC 126 for his second-straight win following back-to-back losses to Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva.

Likely UFC fight cards for the potential matchup include “UFC 131: Lesnar vs. dos Santos” on June 11 in Vancouver and UFC 132 on July 2 in Las Vegas.

For the latest UFC news and UFC rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Fresh off a win over previously unbeaten Billy Evangelista at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao” event, Jorge Masvidal could welcome K.J. Noons back to the lightweight division at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley” on April 9, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker recently told MMAjunkie.

Masvidal’s (21-6) win over Evangelista was the fourth in six bouts for the Bellator and Sengoku vet who was coming off a loss to Paul Daley, while Noons (9-2) fell to welterweight champ Nick Diaz in October after six-straight wins.

Diaz defends the 170-pound title against Daley in the main event of the April 9 Showtime-televised event from San Diego, California, which also includes lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle, and Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Pictured: KJ Noons

Former top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko is “seriously considering” dropping to 205-pounds to challenge newly-crowned champion Dan Henderson for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title, according to Fighters Only.

Talk of the matchup emerged after Henderson’s third-round TKO of former title-holder Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante headliner, but Strikeforce had reportedly already talked to Emelianenko about the potential superfight.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAjunkie that discussions are only in the preliminary stages and the fight wouldn’t take place until after June or July when Henderson planned to return.

Henderson (27-8) has won two-straight and five of six after falling to Jake Shields in his Strikeforce debut last year, while Emelianenko (32-3) is coming off back-to-back losses to Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Silva that snapped a 28-fight, 10-year winning streak.

If Emelianenko decides against dropping to light heavyweight, Henderson could move up for the matchup, Fedor could return as an alternate in Strikeforce’s heavyweight tournament, or Emelianenko could face the loser of Werdum vs. heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem.

For the latest Strikeforce news and Strikeforce rumors stay tuned to ufcnews.info.

Pictured: Fedor Emelianenko