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Cheick Kongo and Paul Buentello face off in a heavyweight battle on Sunday, March 21, at UFC on Versus 1.

The UFC’s first event on Versus has developed into quite the card for free television. Brandon Vera vs. Jon Jones and Junior dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga have already been announced as co-headliners, and today the UFC added a heavyweight match-up between strikers Cheick Kongo and Paul Buentello. There will be a lot of leather thrown in that one.

Also, Sean Sherk was expected to meet Clay Guida on the card, but he suffered an undisclosed injury and has since been replaced by Shannon Gugerty.

You can check out the latest UFC on Versus 1 fight card in our fight cards section.

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UFC 107 took place earlier this evening at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

In the night’s main event, BJ Penn put his UFC lightweight title up for grabs against Diego Sanchez.

In the co-main event, Cheick Kongo looked to readjust Frank Mir’s attitude.

Jon Fitch took on Mike Pierce in a welterweight contest.

Kenny Florian looked to rebound from a disappointing loss to BJ Penn against Clay Guida.

Paul Buentello returned to the UFC to face Stefan Struve.

Results, thoughts, bonuses and live gate (when available) after the jump.

Cagewriter’s Steve Cofield talks to BJ Penn about Diego Sanchez and his training camp with Marv Marinovich and Paul Buentello about being shunned from AKA for signing with a manager outside the camp. Interview with Kenny Florian, Clay Guida and the prelim fighters after the jump.

UFC 107 will take place tomorrow, December 12, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee and will air live on pay-per-view at 10PM ET/7PM PT. The weigh-ins will be held this afternoon at 4PM ET/3PM CT at the FedExForum, and will stream live on UFC.com.

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The Fights

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With a line of -150 & +150, you would have to wager $150 to win $100 if you’re picking the favorite. You would win $150 for every $100 if you bet on the underdog assuming he won.

Good luck!

Preview and picks after the jump.

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Paul Buentello returns to the UFC to take on submission specialist Stefan Struve this Saturday, Dec. 5, at UFC 107.

Paul Buentello is taking his UFC return on Saturday very seriously.

Here’s one more name the UFC can add to its too-sick-or-injured-to-fight list if they can ever find the end of it.

Sherdog is reporting that Todd Duffee has withdrawn from his fight against Paul Buentello at UFC 107 due to an undisclosed injury.

“(Withdrawing) was one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make,” said Duffee, who would not disclose the nature of his injury.

Buentello was naturally disappointed by the news (does Paul ever get good news?), but says Stefan Struve and Mike Russow have already been floated as potential replacements, so at least he’ll still get to fight.

Who’s next?

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Remember last month when Scott Coker threw this subtle jab at Phil Baroni in the press release announcing his departure from the organization?

There’s been a bit of confusion about where Paul Buentello ended up following Affliction’s demise. Reports had him in both the UFC and Strikeforce. So which one is it? The answer is neither. It sounds like he’s leaning towards Strikeforce at the moment. He’d like a rematch with Alistair Overeem, and wouldn’t mind fighting Fedor, but he wants a big payday for that fight. Bottom line is it’s up in the air at the moment, but we should know within the next few weeks.