The UFC today officially announced the headlining bouts for UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″.

As previously rumored, UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin will battle top 205-pound contender Rashad Evans for the 205-pound title, UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio “Rodrigo” Nogueira faces fellow-TUF 8 coach Frank Mir for the heavyweight title, and former champions Wanderlei Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are also scheduled to go toe-to-toe.

UFC 92, which will air live on pay-per-view, takes place on December 27th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Just one day after announcing Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Mark Coleman for UFC 93 in January UFC president Dana White has confirmed three key matches for UFC 92 with Yahoo! Sports.
In the UFC 92 co-main events UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will battle fellow TUF 8 coach [...]

In a chat with Graciemag.com, UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira sounded off on all things TUF 8, most notably an alleged budding “rivalry” between himself and former champion and opposing coach Frank Mir:
“The mood of rivalry between us is getting strong. We see each other here all the time, and I’ve known his game [...]

The names of several of the assistant coaches for the “Ultimate Fighter 8″ were recently revealed by Tatame.com.
Among coach Frank MIr’s assistants are jiu jitsu champion Robert Drysdale, who won the famed open weight Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2007, and conditioning coach Rafael Alejarra, who has recently served as Wanderlei Silva’s conditioning [...]

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and current UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will be the coaches for the eighth installment of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, Spike TV has announced.
The Ultimate Fighter 8 debuts on September 17th at 10pm ET on Spike TV and will feature lightweight (155-pound) and light heavyweight (205-pound) [...]

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira have both relocated from Brazil to Miami to open an MMA academy in the city, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Nogueira and Silva will train together at the new facility, dubbed the “Nogueira and Silva Mixed Martial Arts Academy”, while also offering seminars and [...]

UFC Heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC champion Frank Mir may be the next set of coaches to participate in the eighth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, which is set to feature lightweights and light heavyweights. The potential coaching pair are on the short list of candidates according to MMA Junkie, who contacted [...]

Twelve randomly-selected UFC 81 fighters have passed their mandatory drug tests according to MMA Junkie. The fighters were tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for performance enhancing substances and drugs of abuse.
Tested Fighters

Frank Mir
Brock Lesnar
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Tim Sylvia
Ricardo Almeida
Tim Boetsch
Marvin Eastman
Rob Emerson
Tyson Griffin
Jeremy Horn
Chris Lytle
Nate Marquardt

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia
Nogueira — $200,000 ($100,000 to show; $100,000 to win)
Sylvia — $100,000
Frank Mir def. Brock Lesnar
Mir — $80,000 ($40,000 to show; $40,000 to win)
Lesnar — $250,000
Nate Marquardt def. Jeremy Horn
Marquardt — $52,000 ($26,000 to show; $26,000 to win)
Horn — $25,000
Ricardo Almeida def. Rob Yundt
Almeida — $40,000 ($20,000 to show; $20,000 to [...]

Six of the eighteen fighters who participated in bouts at UFC 81 “Breaking Point” have received medical suspensions from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, according to documents MMAFrenzy.com has received directly from the NSAC. Among the suspended fighters were headliners Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Official Medical Suspensions for UFC 81
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (defeated Tim [...]