The UFC officially announced two more matchups for UFC 99 which takes place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on June 13. In the UFC’s first foray onto German soil, welterweight contender Mike Swick will step into the Octagon against Ben Saunders

It is now official, Lyoto Machida will be facing Rashad Evans for the light-heavyweight championship belt on May 23 replacing the Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar bout that was scrapped due to a Frank Mir knee injury.

 Quinton Jackson and Keith Jardine both made weight and the main event of UFC 96 became official today along with the rest of the fights as the fighters stepped on the scale in Ohio. The full weigh in results courtesy of UFC.com

The UFC officially announced via their website that Rich Franklin will indeed be facing off against Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 in Germany at a catchweight of 195 lbs. This will be the UFC's first foray into Germany.

According to the official website of Joe Lauzon, the UFC lightweight will be out of action for a significant amount of time recouperating from major surgury.

Korean-Japanese fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama has signed on with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and should make his debut sometime this year. The fighter who spent his whole career fighting in the K-1/Dream organization will be making his U.S. debut.

Diego Sanchez defeated Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision, Damien Maia choked out Chael Sonnen, Nate Marquardt stopped Wilson Gouveia, and more at UFC 95.

In a press release the UFC announced that they have signed a deal with German Broadcaster DSF that will air UFC content beginning March 7.

The weigh-ins took place today for UFC 95 Sanchez vs. Stevenson and all the competitors looked to be in great shape. The event will take place at the 02 Arena in Londan, England and be shown on Spike TV on a tape delay at 9 p.m. EST.

The UFC will return to Spike TV as Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson will go to battle in the main event in London, England in a free UFC event that will be broadcast on Spike TV.

According to the UFC’s official website, Karo Pariyan has tested positive for banned painkillers Oxymorphone, Hydrocodone, and Hydromorphone following his split decision victory of Dong Hyun Kim.