Think you know Frank Mir? UFC Ultimate Insider host Jon Anik got the opportunity to speak with Mir j…

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez.

“El Nino” calls in to discuss his trilogy victory over Josh Thomson. Additionally, the always-popular Burt Watson stops by the studio to share a few behind-the-scenes UFC stories, and Rob Cardenas drops in to recount today’s NSAC meeting.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs today in a special “PRIMETIME” slot of 8 p.m. ET live from
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and
watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio, or watch it live on select television markets as part of Fight Now TV.

In a hearing that stretched over three hours and two rooms within the
Grant Sawyer Office Building in Las Vegas, the Nevada State Athletic
Commission unanimously voted today to suspend Nick Diaz for his failed
drug test at UFC 143.

Diaz’s suspension runs 12 months from the date of the event, which took
place Feb. 4. Additionally, he has been fined $60,000, or 30 percent of
his $200,000 show purse.

Diaz, who was present at hearing, must also submit a clean drug test in order to be licensed again in Nevada.

When Junior dos Santos set up his fight camp in Brazil, he carefully chose a team specifically desig…

“Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final” headliner Josh Barnett ($200,000) and co-headline winner Gilbert Melendez ($175,000) took home the biggest paydays
at this past weekend’s Showtime- and Showtime Extreme-broadcast event.

Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier ($100,000) and co-feature loser Josh
Thomson ($90,000) lagged just behind on the event’s payroll, which
totaled $768,500.

MMAjunkie.com
today requested and received the list of official disclosed paydays from
the California State Athletic Commission.

The newly crowned champion of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, Daniel Cormier discusses where…