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TUF 11 Finale drug tests come back clean for 13 fighters

June 29, 2010June 29, 2010 by Jack Bratcher

Several UFC fighters were randomly tested for banned substances, including steroids, at “The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale” on June 19. The results of those tests were made available for ProMMAnow.com today from the NSAC.

UFC 108 fighter salaries

January 4, 2010January 4, 2010 by Jack Bratcher

The “UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva” official fighter salaries are now available. ProMMA.info (www.promma.info) received the disclosed payroll today via fax from Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.

The man leading the charge was main event winner and former UFC lightweight champion Rashad Evans. Evans made a nice $200,000 to fight, and another $175,000 on top of that for defeating Thiago Silva via unanimous decision.

The low man on the UFC 108 totem pole was John Gunderson, who earned $5,000 for a unanimous decision loss to Rafaello Oliveira on the preliminary card. Full list of fighter salaries after the jump…

5 Title Fights at Palace Fighting Championship’s PFC 12: HIGH STAKES on Jan. 22

January 19, 2009 by Jack Bratcher

Palace Fighting Championship will be back once again at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, CA on January 22 for PFC 12: HIGH STAKES.

In what must surely be a first in the history of MMA, The PFC will hold five title fights on one card! Starting with their lightest weight class, the PFC will crown a World Flyweight Champion as Thailand’s Rambaa Somdet (6-2) takes on Scottsdale, Arizona’s Pat Runez (5-0).

“We are excited and proud to be the first U.S. based promotion to really establish a 125-pound division and crown a champion,” Palace Fighting Championship President Christian Printup said. “Whether it’s Somdet or Runez, we know that we are going to have one of the top 125-pound fighters in the world representing the PFC as champion.”