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Henderson vs. Bocek, MacDonald vs. Wilks and Brookins vs. Makdessi Being Targeted for UFC 129 in Toronto

("The UFC really needs to get a handle on Chuck’s spending. Melting the snow from the shoreline and buying a UFC signal seems a bit exorbitant for one show.")
The card for the UFC’s first Ontario show is coming together nicely.
According to v…


("The UFC really needs to get a handle on Chuck’s spending. Melting the snow from the shoreline and buying a UFC signal seems a bit exorbitant for one show.")

The card for the UFC’s first Ontario show is coming together nicely.

According to various sources, a pair of lightweight and one welterweight bout have been penciled in for the April 30 show at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

MMAJunkie reports that former WEC 155-pound champ Ben Henderson and Canadian grappling standout Mark Bocek will square off on the main card ahead of the co-main event showdowns between former UFC light heavyweight champions Randy Couture and Lyoto Machida and UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre and former Strikeforce middleweight champ Jake Shields.

Sportsnet.com is claiming that TUF 12 winner Jonathan Brookins will compete on the card as well opposite undefeated Quebec fighter John "The Bull" Makdessi and that promising Canadian welterweight Rory MacDonald will also take on TUF 9 champ James Wilks.

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Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale Fighter Salaries

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe established veterans on the card, Demian Maia and Stephan Bonnar, made $80,000 and $62,000, respectively, for their wins at Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale at the Pearl in Las Vegas.

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The established veterans on the card, Demian Maia and Stephan Bonnar, made $80,000 and $62,000, respectively, for their wins at Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale at the Pearl in Las Vegas.

Jonathan Brookins, who won the main event and TUF 12 title, earned $16,000. All the TUF 12 contestants on the card earned $8,000 to show and a $8,000 bonus if victorious.

Below are the salaries for all the fighters, courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Armchair Matchmaker: Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale Edition

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Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve just received word that Cody "The French Revolution" McKenzie has agreed to take on Yves Edwards at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 on January 22nd, after Edwards’s original …

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Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve just received word that Cody "The French Revolution" McKenzie has agreed to take on Yves Edwards at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 on January 22nd, after Edwards’s original opponent was drafted for the main event. (It should be noted that Edwards has never lost by guillotine choke in 56 career fights.) McKenzie’s big return made us wonder — what does the future hold for the other winners of last Saturday’s UFC event? Well gather around, kids, and we’ll tell you what should happen…

Jonathan Brookins: You know how this works. In his first post-TUF outing, Brookins needs to be built up against a relatively established vet who happens to be vulnerable against his skill-set. So, who’s a chokable, lateral-droppable lightweight who you’ve heard of, but who doesn’t have the kind of striking skills that will make Brookins look foolish? Huh. That actually doesn’t leave a lot of options among the UFC’s current roster.

This is going to sound random as hell, but I think the UFC needs to bring back Matt Veach. Though the H.I.T. Squad fighter was released by the UFC earlier this year after consecutive losses to Frankie Edgar and Paul Kelly (both by submission), he’s gone on to win three straight in smaller promotions; he was also undefeated before he came to the UFC, scoring stoppages in nine out of ten fights. I think we all want to see Brookins developed slowly in winnable matchups; still, Veach is far from a pushover.

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TUF 12 Finale Live Blog: Michael Johnson vs. Jonathan Brookins Updates

Filed under: UFCLAS VEGAS – This is “The Ultimate Fighter” Finale live blog for Michael Johnson vs. Jonathan Brookins, the main event of tonight’s card at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

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LAS VEGAS – This is “The Ultimate Fighter” Finale live blog for Michael Johnson vs. Jonathan Brookins, the main event of tonight’s card at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

This is the lightweight championship fight of Season 12 of the Spike reality series, and the winner receives a guaranteed UFC contract. Johnson beat Nam Phan by split decision to reach the finals. Brookins beat Kyle Watson by unanimous decision.

The live blog is below.

Jonathan Brookins Beats Michael Johnson to Win ‘The Ultimate Fighter’

Filed under: UFC, NewsJonathan Brookins is the Season 12 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, taking the championship of the UFC’s reality show with a unanimous decision victory over Michael Johnson on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

It was an impressive disp…

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Jonathan Brookins beat Michael Johnson to win 'The Ultimate Fighter.'Jonathan Brookins is the Season 12 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, taking the championship of the UFC’s reality show with a unanimous decision victory over Michael Johnson on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

It was an impressive display by Brookins, who managed to survive even though he appeared to be badly hurt in the first round, then came back to win the second and third rounds, and win the decision.

“My game’s still got a lot to improve on,” Brookins said afterward. “I want to invite everybody to come along for the ride with me because I’ve got a lot of improving to do.”

‘TUF 12’ & Strikeforce Aftermath: Decisions are Fine, But We’ll Take the KOs, Thanks

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If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to fin…


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If you insist on framing Saturday night’s dueling MMA action as a head-to-head matchup between Strikeforce and the UFC – and we do, since we’re media types, meaning we can always be counted on to find the easiest storyline and absolutely beat it to death – then you have to consider it a victory for Scott Coker and Co. Strikeforce came into the evening with the better card on paper and on this night the chalk held up. By virtue of back-to-back-to-back-to-back knockouts (if you count Antonio Silva’s TKO over Mike Kyle, which we do), last night Strikeforce was the metaphorical broken clock that turns up right twice a day, the dog’s ass that finally catches some sun. Meanwhile, every live fight on the UFC’s broadcast of the “Ultimate Fighter” season 12 finale went the distance. Both shows were decent, but after months of incessant bitching we should know by now that MMA fans will take a night full of stoppages over a night of scorecard verdicts every time.

During any given week on this website we give Strikeforce an unending raft of shit on the basis of its general incompetence, so it only seems fair to hand out some props on the rare occasion when the company doesn’t screw up in any obvious way. Good job, Strikeforce. We’d love to sit here and tell you last night’s show was indicative of the promotion “figuring it out” somehow, but frankly it seems like it just got lucky with a bunch of dynamic knockouts. Still, the fact this show went off as well as it did after the original fight card got scrambled by late injuries is sort of remarkable. Now it just remains to be seen how many people actually watched it.

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