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MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC on Fuel TV 3.  The Korean Zombie, Donald Cerrone and TUF alum Amir Sadollah received the highest pay from Tuesday night. Via MMA Junkie: Chan Sung Jung: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) def. Dustin Poirier: $14,000 Amir Sadollah: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jorge Lopez: $6,000 Donald Cerrone: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Jeremy Stephens: $24,000 Yves Jabouin: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Hougland: $8,000 Igor Pokrajac: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) def. Fabio Maldonado: $11,000 Tom Lawlor: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Jason MacDonald: $19,000 Brad Tavares: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Dongi Yang: $12,000 Cody McKenzie: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus LeVesseur: $6,000 T.J. Grant: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Carlo Prater: $10,000 Rafael dos Anjos: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Kamal Shalorus: $11,000 Johnny Eduardo: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $8,000 Francisco Rivera: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Alex Soto: $6,000 Payout Perspective: Korean Zombie only made $34,000 but cashed in with 2 bonuses with a reported total of $114,000 for the night.  Cerrone avenged his loss to Nate Diaz and that loss doesn’t look too bad now considering Diaz’s victory last week.  Also, Amir Sadollah received a slight bump in pay as he’s getting $24K + $24K win whereas his past couple fights he was at $20K/$20K.

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Amir Sadollah's career has certainly stalled out. Since winning The Ultimate Fighter, Amir has struggled with steps up in competition and, in cases such as this past Saturday night's UFC on Fuel TV 3 card, struggle at times against even middling opposition. It's been a disappointment for many UFC fans in many ways. After all, Amir won his season of TUF despite never having fought professionally, only having a 4-0 amateur fighting record when he started his time in the house. Beating Gerald Harris, Matt Brown and C.B. Dollaway (twice) to win the competition was a huge moment that seemed to cast Sadollah in the role of a mixed martial arts prodigy. After beating unheralded Jorge Lopez by controversial, and quite boring, split decision on Saturday, many fans feel they have seen enough of the 31-year-old to write him off. Chad Dundas of ESPN still thinks fans should note the extreme circumstances of Amir's career: It would be a little like playing a few touch football games, winning a televised punt, pass and kick contest and then, in your late 20s, getting a starting job in the NFL. Could anyone succeed under those circumstances? Could anyone be reasonably expected to compete? And while they tried to compete, would a bunch of people sit around posting messages on Twitter about what a crappy job they were doing tackling Adrian Peterson? Because that's essentially what happens to Sadollah. SBN coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 3 Amir does deserve considerable credit for managing an unspectacular, but certainly credible, UFC run that began with no professional experience. But he has been getting top of the line training over the past four years and was put into a prominent spot on Saturday's card (even if Dana suddenly acted as though he had no clue of Amir's position on the card). To answer Dundas' question: yes, people would sit around criticizing any player on a pro team who was put into an important position and looked incapable of handling it. Especially after four years in the big leagues. Fair or not, there are expectations that come with positions in professional sports. For me, what is most disappointing is that the Amir who ran through a pretty good TUF cast is struggling all this time later against a guy like Jorge Lopez. There simply were expectations that came along with what Amir had been doing that fans expected him to run through a guy like Lopez four years after the reality show run. And at 31, it's not as though we can continue pretending that Amir is a young man with infinite time to refine his game. This may simply be as good as he gets, and that is disappointing.

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Amir Sadollah defeats Jorge Lopez by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. Amir Sadollah took advantage of a tired Jorge Lopez to squeak out a split decision victory in the co-main event of UFC on Fuel 3. Lopez looked good with his striking early, but faded late and started to rely on a clinch and takedown game. Sadollah was taken down a few times, but apparently did enough on the feet to negate the cage work. It wasn't a very pretty fight. Lopez looked sharp early, landing a bit more than Amir. Lopez pinned Sadollah against the cage and the fighters exchanged knees. Lopez continued to land his jab. Lopez caught a kick and looked for a takedown. Sadollah looked to lock on a guillotine and got slammed for his troubles. Lopez pinned Amir against the cage, but Sadollah got up and looked for his own takedown against the cage. The fighters grinded away against the cage to close out the first. Lopez looked for a takedown against the cage early in the second, but much like the end of the first there was nothing there and they just clinched against the cage for over a minute. Once they finally separated, Sadollah landed a nice combination. Lopez again went for a takedown against the cage, and actually got a leg, but Amir countered with a guillotine. Lopez ended up on Amir's back in the scramble but was unable to do anything with it. Back in the middle Sadollah landed more strikes over the next minute, but Lopez got a takedown off a Sadollah kick with 30 seconds to go. Sadollah got back to his feet at the end of the round. Lopez came out quickly in the third with some strikes and again looked for a takedown in the clinch against the fence. After a full minute, Lopez got it to the floor for exactly one second before Sadollah popped back up. Lopez looked a bit tired, and Sadollah landed a nice push kick to the face and an elbow. Lopez once again went for the clinch takedown, and finally gets it this time. Lopez didn't do much on top, and the bout was stood up with a minute to go. Sadollah went on the attack against a tired Lopez, but it went back against the cage once again. Sadollah dumped Lopez down briefly, but Lopez popped up. Sadollah closed it out with a big knee. SBN coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 3

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The co-main event of the UFC on FUEL TV 3: "Korean Zombie vs. Poirier" fight card going down in Fairfax, Virginia, tonight (Tues., May 15, 2012) showcased a pair of welterweights looking to rebound from recent losses as Amir Sadollah took on Jorge Lopez. Sadollah, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) winner the promotion has been trying to turn into a star for years now, came in on a near year-long layoff after a hard fought loss to Duane Ludwig. Lopez, on the other hand, was defeated by Justin Edwards in his Octagon debut in September of last year. Something had to give. Or you would think. But this was one of the worst fights of the year. By the time it was over, the fans in attendance at the Patriot Center were just glad it was finished. Sadollah picking up the split decision victory was all but an afterthought. Lopez, identified as a Wanderlei Silva protege, was popping a jab early. He was also the far more aggressive of the two fighters, pushing ahead and showing little to no regard for Sadollah's offense. It wasn't long before they were in the clinch, where Amir had the edge. A submission attempt from Lopez was laughed off and the uneventful first round came to an end. The second round began with a clinch and a restless crowd expressing its collective displeasure with a sound eerily similar to one a cow makes. Submission attempts were bandied about but that was only a brief glimpse of excitement in an otherwise dull affair. Come round three, the two continued to engage in one of the most boring fights ever contested in a UFC cage. There was little action and by the time the horn sounded, the boos drown out the announcers telling us the match was finally, mercifully, over. Sadollah wins. Moving along. Remember, too, that MMAmania.com has LIVE ongoing coverage of the UFC on FUEL TV 3 main card, as well as complete results from the undercard, right here.

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A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA & UFC Twitterverse UFC 144, ANIME STYLE "Pretty Sick! RT @ElmerAugusto: @FrankieEdgar @RenzoGracieBJJ News from Japan!!" -Frankie Edgar MIESHA TATE HAS A MESSAGE FOR RONDA ROUSEY "Happy Valentines Day @RondaRousey!!! :)" -Miesha Tate There's a ton of tweets after the jump, but first, don't forget to follow me on twitter: @antontabuena Oh, and these guys are probably worth following as well: The Official BloodyElbow Twitter Account, Luke Thomas, Kid Nate, Brent Brookhouse, Leland Roling, Richard Wade, Chris Barton, Damon O, Scott Broussard, Tim Burke, Matt Bishop, Fraser Coffeen, Dallas Winston, KJ Gould, Matt Roth, Ben Thapa, Josh Nason. PROMO VIDEO FOR TATE VS. ROUSEY BJ PENN AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH "my friend Greggie texted me this pic. me at 17, first cauliflower ear :) #oldschool" -B.J. Penn TWIDBITS "I appreciate all the support and some of the criticism, looking forward to the next match up" -Carlos Condit "I don't do drugs.... I suck naturally." -Forrest Griffin "Yep that's why I fight!! Sure the f*ck can't spell! Dew-due all the same sh*t to me???" -Donald Cerrone "Actually, the cut was 53 pounds in 2 months @ufc. Already feeling great after all this, eating and getting the weight back" -Ronny Markes, I don't think that's a good thing. TWIDEOS "My first #UFC144 video blog!" -Joe Lauzon "Guys check out my behind the scenes blog from #UFC143 - Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson - History in the Making Pt 3" -Stephen Thompson UFC 1-5 MEMORABILIA "Who was at #UFC 1,2,3,4,5 ? #backstage" -Gracie Brothers "I remember u guys so young cleaning all the blood like is nothing." -Xande Ribeiro DOMINICK CRUZ VS. URIJAH FABER 3 "Lmao RT @fightcorner: Faber says of Cruz: "I can beat him in a coaching gig. I can beat him in a fight." -Dominick Cruz "@TheDomin8r Haha, let em' talk homie." -Travis Barker "u think thats funny boys?" -Urijah Faber ".@UrijahFaber let's keep it real...im 4-1 against any1 you've coached 2 try n beat me including yourself...so YES its funny!" -Dominick Cruz "In ur own world again? @TheDomin8r The stinky kid on the playground. 4-1? U can run homey, but u can't hide. What u gonna do Decision me up?" -Urijah Faber"@UrijahFaber wat u call a Decision I call a win!...u can keep the prom queen tiara mr popular, I'll keep the @ufcbelt! #stinkykidsrule!" -Dominick Cruz ANDERSON SILVA VS. CHAEL SONNEN 2 "From #ufctonight on @fueltv - Anderson Silva: "Chael Talks Too Much. It's Not Working." -UFC "When I want your advice I'll beat it out of you, Stupid. Now go back to singing to hamburgers and telling Segal he's legit." -Chael Sonnen HAPPY VALENTINES! "Happy valentines day from me to U!!!" -Arianny Celeste "Happy <3 Day from Phoenix!! Just wrapped a 2 day shoot and happy to be heading home for date with my valentine :)" -Logan Stanton "Got my Valentines Pants all done..birthday Pants that is! Or maybe I'll just wear my birthday suit all day tom! ;)" -Natasha Wicks "Blonde Fridays?!?" -Arianny Celeste AMIR SADOLLAH... AND HIS SWORD!!! "Back home visiting, always nice to see familiar faces AND THEN I FOUND MY SWORD!!!!!!" -Amir Sadollah "Got to work some new combos tonight WITH MY SWOOOOOOOOOORD!!!!!!" -Amir Sadollah "Time for a healthy post-gym snack WITH MY SWORD!!!!!!!!" -Amir Sadollah

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Amir Sadollah will try to bounce back from his UFC on Versus 5 loss to Duane Ludwig when he faces Wanderlei Silva protege Jorge Lopez at UFC 143 in February. The bout is expected to take place on the preliminary card. UFC.com has the news: Verbal agreements are in for a welterweight matchup between two exciting strikers as Wanderlei Silva protégé Jorge Lopez takes on Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah at UFC 143. Lopez was a standout in Tachi Palace Fights before earning a shot in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 25. He lost a unanimous decision to Justin Edwards, which snapped a 10-fight win streak. Sadollah had been on a two-fight win streak before the loss to Ludwig, and the former TUF winner will need a win to stay afloat in the competitive welterweight division. UFC 143 takes place on February 5th in Las Vegas, and features a main event with Georges St. Pierre defending his UFC welterweight title against challenger Nick Diaz. More SBN coverage of UFC 143

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Amir Sadollah is set to meet Wand Fight Team welterweight Jorge Lopez at UFC 143.The UFC has confirmed the bout for the February event. Sadollah (5-3)...

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