Spike TV and the UFC today announced that welterweights Anthony Johnson (5-2) and Kevin Burns (7-2) will headline The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale, rematching their July 19th meeting at UFC Fight Night 14 that saw Burns defeat Johnson via TKO due to an eye poke.

Middleweights Jason MacDonald (21-10) and Wilson Gouveia (11-5) will clash in the co-main event.

Middleweight Jason MacDonald (21-10) has inked a new four-fight contract with the UFC.
KO Dynasty, which represents MacDonald, informed MMAJunkie.com of the new deal on Friday.
Terms of the new contract were not released.
After back-to-back “Submission of the Night” victories over Ed Herman and Chris Leben, MacDonald suffered his first UFC defeat at the hands of Rich [...]

Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, [...]

MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Main event winner Rashad Evans took home [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Rashad Evans moved one step closer to a 205-pound title shot as he remained undefeated on Saturday at UFC 88, knocking out former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell midway through the second round of their main event matchup.
UFC 88 “Breakthrough” took place on Saturday, September 6th, in front of [...]

Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell via KO - Round 2, 1:51
Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill via TKO - Round 3, 0:39
Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Nate Marquardt def. Martin Kampmann via TKO - Round 1, 1:22
Dong Hyun Kim def. Matt Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 who looked to take out the promotion’s former [...]

Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Dan Henderson (185) vs. Rousimar Palhares (184.5)
Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Martin Kampmann (184.5)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (156)
Tim Boetsch (205.25) vs. Mike Patt (205.25)
Jason Lambert (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Ryo Chonan [...]

Jason MacDonald will attempt to rebound from a third-round submission loss to Demian Maia at UFC 87 earlier this month when he takes on Jason Lambert at UFC 88 in place of an injured Jason Day.
Sherdog first reported the matchup yesterday.
Day was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Lambert after suffering elbow and [...]

Georges St-Pierre (c) def. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision
UFC Welterweight Championship
Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring via unanimous decision
Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan via KO - Round 1, 0:12
Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta via unanimous decision
Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald via submission (rear naked choke) - Round 3, 2:44
Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo via unanimous [...]