Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

MONTREAL – Middleweights Nick Ring and Constantinos Philippou both were awarded their show money following a
canceled fight at Saturday’s UFC 154.

Ring fell ill and wasn’t cleared to compete, officials announced on
Saturday. The two were scheduled for the event’s pay-per-view main card.
A lightweight fight between Mark Bock and Rafael dos Anjos took their
place.

Additionally, White said another ill-fated fight, Patrick Cote vs. Alessio Sakara, is a candidate for a rematch.

MONTREAL – The first-ever UFC women’s bantamweight title is being fabricated at this very moment, according to UFC President Dana White.

That strap will go to now-ex-Strikeforce champ Ronda Rousey, who this week signed with the UFC.

Rousey’s octagon debut date is unknown, according to White, though it will be
on a UFC pay-per-view card. And unless a champion of greater weight is on
the card, Rousey will headline.

MONTREAL – UFC President Dana White today said he hasn’t spoken to Stephan Bonnar
following the retired fighter’s positive steroid test and doesn’t want
to at the moment.

“I haven’t even answered his phone call,” White said. “I don’t hate him, but I just don’t want to talk to him right now.”

White also confirmed that heavyweight Dave Herman agreed to undergo a drug treatment program.

MONTREAL – And then there was one.

Prior to Saturday night’s UFC 154 event in Montreal, the UFC roster
boasted two interim title holders. But after Georges
St-Pierre downed Carlos Condit to unify the belts
in the 170-pound division, bantamweight Renan Barao was left as the company’s lone interim champ.

Barao recently said he was happy to wait for champion Dominick Cruz to
return to action, but Dana White
isn’t so sure. Instead, he said Barao will soon defend his interim belt,
and Michael McDonald could very well be the
challenger.

MONTREAL – Johny Hendricks, Ivan Menjivar, Georges St-Pierre and Carlos Condit each earned $70,000 bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 154 event.

Hendricks earned the “Knockout of the Night” award, Menjivar won the “Submission of the Night” bonus, and St-Pierre and Condit picked up “Fight of the Night” honors.

UFC officials announced the winners and bonus amounts following the event.

MONTREAL – Rory MacDonald again made it clear that
he has no intention of vying for the welterweight title as long as his
teammate Georges St-Pierre is champ.

But he has a keen interest in the man St-Pierre is scheduled to fight
tonight – interim champ Carlos Condit, who beat him in his second UFC
fight.

“I’m fighting B.J. Penn, and I plan on beating him,” MacDonald said
Friday. “We’ll see how the
fight with Georges and Carlos goes. Either way, I plan on hopefully
getting my rematch with Carlos in 2013.”