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UFC Fight Night 20 is currently underway at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.

In the night’s main event, Gray Maynard looks to avenge his loss to Nate Diaz in a rematch from TUF 5.

Efrain Escudero faces off against Evan Dunham in a lightweight contest.

Tom Lawlor looks to put on a show and pick up a win against Aaron Simpson.

Amir Sadollah meets Brad Blackburn in a welterweight bout.

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

Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani interviews Dana White, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Josh Koscheck, Amir Sadollah, George Sotiropoulos and Kendall Grove following UFC 106.

UFC 106 took place earlier this evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the night’s main event, Tito Ortiz returned to the UFC in a rematch against Forrest Griffin.

Anthony Johnson and Josh Koscheck stepped up on short notice to take each other on in a welterweight match-up.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira made his UFC debut against Luiz Cane.

Phil Baroni returned to the UFC to take on TUF 7 champ Amir Sadollah.

Paulo Thiago and Jacob Volkmann met in a welterweight contest.

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

UFC 106 will take place tomorrow, November 21, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and will air live on pay-per-view at 10PM ET/7PM PT. The weigh-ins will be held this evening at 7PM ET/4PM PT at the Mandalay Bay, and will stream live on UFC.com.

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The Fights

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Preview and picks after the jump.

Images via CombatLifestyle.com

Josh Koscheck & Anthony Johnson

UFC 106 pre-fight interviews via Heavy.com.

In the wake of a record-setting premiere, Spike TV has decided to launch a 15-minute webisode series after each TUF 10 episode on Spike.com called “The Ultimate Fighter: Aftermath.” The show is hosted by Amir Sadollah and will feature the fighters who competed during that particular week’s elimination bout in a roundtable discussion. The first episode is available now.

“When you get to see the fight in slow motion, you can see that Amir Sadollah was out and then, after a couple of strikes, wakes back up and starts trying to stand back up. You know me and have spoken with me about other fights, my job is to protect the fighters and I try and do my best to do that. What made me stop the fight was the fact that, after the multiple uppercuts by Hendricks, I felt that Sadollah was out and went limp. He fell down to his hands and knees and just stayed there. From where I was, I could not see his eyes to see if he was out, but I felt that he was not defending himself and, after several more punches that went unanswered, I stopped the fight.”

—Dan Miragliotta, via Fighters.com, explaining why he stopped the Sadollah-Hendricks fight

I think the gif clearly shows Amir was not “out.” Rocked? Yes, but not out. Miragliotta may have a case about him not intelligently defending himself, but that was only for a second or two before Amir tried to stand back up. I try not to blame refs for bad judgment calls, but they at least need to be in the right position to make the best call they can, and Miragliotta clearly wasn’t. Maybe if he was in position to see more than Hendrick’s back and Sadollah’s ass he would have seen Amir still moving and attempting to get back up to his feet, or at least seen that every shot Hendricks landed was to the back of the head.

Since everyone seems to be making amends these days, can Big John McCarthy please be next on the list?

Gif via Stick Figure MMA

Amir Sadollah makes his first appearance in the Octagon since winning the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter when he faces Johny Hendricks at UFC 101.

Johny Hendricks takes on TUF 8 champ Amir Sadollah in a middleweight contest on August 8 at UFC 101.

Hey, remember this guy? Amir Sadollah. He won TUF 7 like 10 years ago and hasn’t fought since due to a bunch of unfortunate injuries. Well, he’s finally fighting again at UFC 101 against Johny Hendricks. Here’s video of him training for it.