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UFC lightweight Nate Diaz received his punishment for a controversial tweet today, and it will see him cough up some money and sit out for a while.

The UFC is returning to Toronto on September 21st for UFC 165.

Reza Madadi won't be competing at UFC on Fox 8 in July, and has been replaced by a former Strikeforce title challenger.

UFC president Dana White tweeted about how bonuses are given out in the UFC, and awarded one to a different fighter after Pat Healy's post-UFC 159 test failure.

Daniel Cormier is coming off a successful UFC debut, but it wasn't without his hiccups. His teammate Luke Rockhold is making his own debut this weekend at UFC on FX 8, and Cormier relayed his issues with the 'UFC jitters' to him.

Nate Diaz had some less than flattering things to say about UFC on Fox 7 opponent Josh Thomson a couple of weeks ago. Now Thomson has fired back with an accusation that Diaz didn't even make weight for their bout.

The current UFC heavyweight champion makes his prediction for the UFC 160 co-main event fight.

He might be a UFC executive now, but Chuck Liddell still has an opinion. And he believes that some fighters are more worried about wins than finishing, which isn't as exciting.

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua meets Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 161 in a rematch of one of the best fights of all time. Shogun discusses his motivation entering this bout, and how a serious medical situation almost derailed his second bout with Lyoto Mac

Mark Hunt has been unable to fly to the US to prepare for his upcoming UFC 160 bout with Junior dos Santos. He has been keeping a running commentary on twitter as to the reasons why, which involve visa issues and a recent arrest.