UFC on FOX 2: Injury bug costs Paul Sass and Eddie Wineland their fights

During 2011, UFC matchmaker Joe Silva was a busy man. In addition to his duties of putting together the fights for every card, he had to deal with a huge number of injuries, which caused him to have to go back and fight replacement fighters for the bouts impacted by injury.
As of now, it looks like that trend is going to continue for Silva heading into 2012. UFC 142 was beset with several injuries and now the upcoming UFC on FOX card, booked for January 28 in Chicago has been hit with the injury bug.
Paul

UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir Payouts and Bonuses

UFC paid out $70,000 in bonuses for Octagon performances in UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir which went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, according to MMAWeekly.com.The Knockout of the Night awards went to Dan Hardy and Roy Nelson; Stefan Struve and Paul Sass took home awards for Submission of the Night. No award has been given for Fight of the Night.Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Dan “the Outlaw” Hardy were both coming in off a string of losses and both men needed the wins they

UFC 146 Preliminary Recap: Dan Hardy retains job in impressive fashion

The UFC 146 preliminary fights are in the books and they delivered with a great amount of action. They started with Paul Sass utilizing his famous triangle choke for a first round submission. From there the action advanced quickly.
Dan Hardy was fighting for his job, facing Duane “Bang” Ludwig. Fortunately for him, he showed some of his old striking prowess in scoring the first round TKO. Hardy prematurely celebrated the bout after a great hook, but soon kept his job with a brutal TKO of his