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The UFC on Versus 1 weigh-ins took place this earlier this evening at the 1STBANK Center Practice Court in Broomfield, Colorado.

Paul Buentello talks to Cagewriter’s Steve Cofield about the high-altitude training regimen he’s gone through over the past several weeks to prepare for his fight against Cheick Kongo in Denver this weekend. Buentello knows he isn’t getting any younger and is solely focused on winning fights and keeping his job in the UFC.

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko isn’t the only marquee fighter Strikeforce has to worry about retaining. Both Gegard Mousasi and Jake Shields each have one fight left on their current contracts which they’ll fulfill on April 17 in Nashville. If Mousasi beats King Mo he’ll remained tied to the organization due to the “champion’s clause” in his contract, however it doesn’t sound like it will matter much since Mousasi expects to sign a longterm deal with Strikeforce regardless.

On this week’s edition of ESPN MMA Live, Jon Anik and crew preview UFC on Versus 1 and talk about Roger Huerta signing with Bellator.

Following his loss to Brock Lesnar last year, Frank Mir started packing on the pounds. At one point, he wanted to be as big as Lesnar if they ever fight again, but it appears reality has set in for Mir. He just doesn’t have the genetics to reach Brock Lesnar’s size, at least not in a beneficial way. Here’s Mir talking to Cagewriter and other media members about staying around the 265 lbs. mark and working on his technique.

Tickets for UFC 114 are set to go on sale next week.

UFC 114 is scheduled to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 29 and will air live on pay-per-view at 10PM ET/7PM PT. The card will be headlined by a light heavyweight grudge match between TUF 10 coaches Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans.

Ticket info below.

• UFC Fight Club Presale: Thursday, March 25, 10AM PT
• UFC Newsletter Presale: Friday, March 26, 10AM PT
• Public On-Sale Date: Saturday, March 27, 10AM PT

Ticket prices will range from $75-$650. They can be purchased through Ticketmaster and Stubhub. Stubhub is a secondary ticket market where you can find the hard-to-find seats even when the event is “sold-out.”

The latest UFC 114 fight card and event info can be found in our fight cards section.

Here’s the Countdown to UFC 111 for those who missed it on Spike.

James Irvin and Alessio Sakara meet in a middleweight match-up this Sunday, March 21, at UFC on Versus 1.

After a month’s worth of rumors and speculation, the UFC has decided to scrap their plans to counter Strikeforce “Nashville” with a live event on April 17.

The long-rumored UFC event expected to counter the promotion’s April 17 CBS offering will not take place, MMA Fighting has confirmed.

Earlier this month, the UFC explored the option, going so far as to inform likely broadcast partner Spike TV that the show was a go, but the company has apparently reversed course, and a Spike source said the network has been told by the UFC that the show is no longer happening.

Now, it appears Strikeforce will air its anticipated show pitting three title fights free of live competition, though the Spike source said it’s likely the UFC will at least air a prior pay-per-view event on Spike. A decision on that programming has yet to be made.

While the rumored card seemed like a definite go at one point, that quickly became more and more questionable as the days and weeks passed without a single solid fight announcement. It’s unknown why the UFC ultimately decided to scrap it, but the trouble they had lining up a solid headliner was probably one of the major factors.

Strikeforce and CBS have to be relieved by the news. Even with the flexibility to move their event to April 24, they decided to stick it out on the 17th. Ticket sales are apparently going well and CBS started airing five and 10-second promos today during March Madness.

With all the pesky rumors about Rich Franklin replacing Tito Ortiz on TUF 11 and UFC 115, Rich makes absolutely zero mention of it in an interview with the Boston Herald. In fact, he confirmed he’s been in talks to fight Randy Couture just as Dana White said.

“It’s not signed yet, but we’ve been working Randy now for a while. We’ve talked June, then we talked August and now we’re talking June again,” Franklin said. “I think we’re having problems with Randy’s scheduling. So I really don’t know what the plan is at this point.”

Franklin also said he’s finally ready to make one more title run before he hangs up the gloves for good in 2-3 years.

“I’m at a point now where I’ve fought enough fights and it’s time for me to make a title run again and see where that takes me. That’s where my focus is Now,’‘ said Franklin, who has five fights left on his contract. “It depends on the speed of things. I would imagine I’ll probably end up negotiating one more contract before I retire. I’m looking at another two or three years of fighting.”

It looks like that run will start with Randy Couture, not Chuck Liddell, but I’m sure another report will surface before the week’s out saying otherwise.