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The Oklahoma Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for UFC Fight Night 19. Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional “locker room” bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.

UFC Fight Night 17 took place earlier this evening at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.

Joe Lauzon took on Jeremy Stephens in the night’s main event.

Cain Velasquez fought to keep his winning streak in the UFC alive against Denis Stojnic.

Mac Danzig faced off against John Neer in a lightweight match-up.

Anthony Johnson squared off against Luigi Fioravanti.

Results after the jump.

The UFC’s promotional team loves it when they have some bad blood to help promote one of their cards. UFC 94 had pre-fight smack talk between Clay Guida and Nate Diaz while UFC 92 featured plenty of hostility between Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva. At first it seemed as though UFC Fight Night 17, which takes place Saturday in Tampa, was going to be a card filled with exciting fights from up and coming fighters but one that was void of any pre-fight animosity. However, thanks to a popular online mixed martial arts forum, the Underground, UFN 17 has suddenly developed a storyline of ill will in its main event.

Years ago, many top fighters used to post on the Underground but eventually internet tough guys started disrespecting the fighters and slowly the number of professional fighters who posted dwindled. Hermes Franca and Joe Lauzon are two fighters who have continued to post on the Underground, taking the odd negative comment in good-humored stride. However, this time it’s not the keyboard warriors stirring up the pot; it is Franca and Lauzon who have been dishing out the trash talk in their exchanges with each other on the forum.

The Ultimate Fighter Season Seven Finale took place this evening at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Kendall Grove took on former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner in a match that will likely put the loser on the outside of the UFC looking in.

TUF Finalists, Amir Sadollah and C.B. Dollaway, battled it out to determine who was this season’s “Ultimate Fighter.”

Diego Sanchez looked to regain his old form against the tough Luigi Fioravanti.

Spencer Fisher and Jeremy Stephens fought to finish what was almost started at the weigh-ins.

Season seven TUF contestants, Matthew Riddle and Dante Rivera, also met in the cage to determine who would move on to compete in the UFC’s middleweight division.

Results and wrap-up after the jump.

These two nearly went at it yesterday at the weigh-ins. Should be a good one.

There were a ton of announcements, replacements, and rumors for upcoming events this past week.