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Brendan Schaub, Erik Koch Lead UFC 128 Bonuses

NEWARK, N.J. – Brendan Schaub, Erik Koch, Edson Barboza and Anthony Njokuani are each $70,000 richer after their performances at UFC 128 on Saturday night.

Those four top performers on the UFC’s pay-per-view at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., …

NEWARK, N.J. – Brendan Schaub, Erik Koch, Edson Barboza and Anthony Njokuani are each $70,000 richer after their performances at UFC 128 on Saturday night.

Those four top performers on the UFC’s pay-per-view at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., were given post-fight bonuses for their work. UFC president Dana White announced the bonus winners and amount at the post-fight press conference.

The card was without a submission, so White elected to give two knockout bonuses instead – to Schaub and Koch. Barboza and Njokuani won bonuses for Fight of the Night.

Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland Trying to Focus on Fight, UFC Title

Filed under: UFCTen days before their co-main event bout at UFC 128, bantamweights Urijah Faber and Eddie Wineland said Wednesday they only have one thing on their minds – a win, then a title shot.

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Urijah FaberTen days before their co-main event bout at UFC 128, bantamweights Urijah Faber and Eddie Wineland said Wednesday they only have one thing on their minds – a win, then a title shot.

Though all the pieces would appear to be in place for the winner of the fight to possibly get a coaching spot on this fall’s 14th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” both Faber and Wineland, making their UFC debuts, said they can’t think about that now.

“I don’t know what (the UFC’s) criteria is for that – they seem to change it up a lot,” Faber (24-4, 9-3 WEC) said on a media conference call. “And I haven’t heard anything at all. I feel like this (fight) is a shot to get a title shot, which is most important to me. The reality show thing would be great, but my focus is getting that belt.”

Former Champs Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland Targeted for UFC 128 Bout

Filed under: UFC, WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsAfter delivering one of the year’s most thunderous knockouts at WEC 53 earlier this month, Eddie Wineland said he was ready for a step up in competition – that his ultimate goal was to recapture the bantam…

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Urijah Faber will fight Eddie Wineland at UFC 128.After delivering one of the year’s most thunderous knockouts at WEC 53 earlier this month, Eddie Wineland said he was ready for a step up in competition – that his ultimate goal was to recapture the bantamweight title he held four years ago.

Now that the first 135-pound champion in WEC history is a UFC fighter following the promotions’ merger, it appears his new bosses have answered that call.

MMA Fighting has learned from sources close to the situation that the UFC is targeting a bout between Wineland and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber at UFC 128 on March 19 in Newark, N.J. Though contracts have not yet been signed, verbal agreements are in place for the fight, which would likely hold a prime spot on the event’s pay-per-view card.

Dominick Cruz Would Delay Surgery to Coach TUF vs. Urijah Faber

Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsGLENDALE, Ariz. – Now that he’s the UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz seems to already be settling into Company Man status – but he hopes a lingering hand injury can get fixed sooner rather than later.

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Dominick CruzGLENDALE, Ariz. – Now that he’s the UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz seems to already be settling into Company Man status – but he hopes a lingering hand injury can get fixed sooner rather than later.

After dominating Scott Jorgensen for a five-round unanimous decision on Thursday at the finale WEC event, WEC 53 at Jobing.com Arena outside Phoenix, Cruz (17-1, 7-1 WEC) said he’ll know next week whether or not surgery on his hand will happen right away, putting him out for several months, or if it will be delayed.

“I work for the UFC now, and I pretty much do what I’m told,” Cruz said at Thursday’s post-fight press conference. “But at the same time, I’ve been going into these last two fights with a hand injury that needs to be addressed so that I can continue to fight at the level that I’m fighting – because it’s something that’s just going to get worse if I don’t get it taken care of.”

TUF 13 Coaches Not Set, but Faber, Torres Want Shot Eventually

Filed under: UFC, NewsDETROIT – Though the tryouts for Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” took place earlier this month, and the show is scheduled to begin taping in January, UFC president Dana White said no decisions have been made yet about the coac…

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DETROIT – Though the tryouts for Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter” took place earlier this month, and the show is scheduled to begin taping in January, UFC president Dana White said no decisions have been made yet about the coaches.

“We haven’t decided who the coaches are going to be yet,” White told a small group of reporters on Wednesday after the press conference for UFC 123. “I’ve been on the road for two weeks now and I don’t go home till Sunday. Then I’m back on the road again, like Wednesday. So I’ve got to get back in the office Monday and Tuesday and get some (stuff) done.”

Season 13 will feature welterweight and middleweight fighters. Candidates for the show went through tryouts in Las Vegas on Nov. 4. The Spike reality competition last featured welterweights in Season 9 and middleweights in Season 11.

Urijah Faber Torn Over Bantamweight Title Prospects

LAS VEGAS – It was inevitable that just one fight into his MMA bantamweight career, the questions about a title shot for Urijah Faber would come.

Faber, the most dominant featherweight champion in WEC history and the promotion’s poster boy the last f…

LAS VEGAS – It was inevitable that just one fight into his MMA bantamweight career, the questions about a title shot for Urijah Faber would come.

Faber, the most dominant featherweight champion in WEC history and the promotion’s poster boy the last four years, made his debut at 135 pounds Thursday at WEC 52. And while some, including opponent Takeya Mizugaki, questioned whether the weight cut would be too much for him the first time out, Faber quickly silenced any naysayers with a devastating first-round rear naked choke victory.

Given that nine of Faber’s 12 fights in the WEC have been in title fights, and that as both champion and challenger he’s a proven draw, the win over Mizugaki may have fast-tracked him toward a bantamweight title shot.