Carlos Condit outpointed Nick Diaz to win the interim UFC welterweight title and earn a shot at champion Georges St-Pierre with a unanimous decision victory in the main event of UFC 143 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum picked apart Roy Nelson to earn a clear-cut unanimous decision victory in his return to the Octagon in the co-main event of UFC 43 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

By <a href="mailto:howie@mmanews.com">Chris Howie</a> <Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>

UFC 143 takes place tonight, Saturday February 4th, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV with the main portion of the card featuring a main event of Nick Diaz facing Carlos Condit.<Br><Br>

With fights airing tonight on Facebook, FX, and finally PPV, we'll keep you up to date with the latest results:<Br><Br>

Main Card (Live on PPV)<Br><Br>

Carlos Condit defeated Nick Diaz via unanimous decision<Br>

Sherdog.com will report from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas at 7:10 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of UFC 143, which is headlined by a UFC interim welterweight championship bout between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit.

Josh Koscheck edged Mike Pierce for a split decision win on Saturday at UFC 143 in Las Vegas to remain in the hunt for another shot at the welterweight title.

Koscheck improves to 17-5 after winning five of his last six fights, with his only loss coming to welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Renan Barao moved closer to a shot at the bantamweight title as the once-beaten Brazilian claimed a unanimous decision over Scott Jorgensen on the UFC 143 main card in Las Vegas, while middleweight Ed Herman picked up his third-straight victory with a second-round submission of previously unbeaten Clifford Starks.

Rising featherweight Dustin Poirier pushed his win streak to five-straight as he forced newcomer Max Holloway to submit to a mounted armbar/triangle choke combo to cap off Saturday's UFC 143 preliminary card in Las Vegas.

Edwin Figueroa, Matt Brown, Stephen Thompson, Rafael Natal, and Matt Riddle also earned victories on the UFC 143 prelims.

The ascent of Dustin Poirier shows no signs of slowing down.

Grandmaster Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941) learned Jiu-Jitsu in Japan, was bestowed with the nickname Count Koma in Spain, won hundreds of fights in Cuba, and disseminated his knowledge to promising young students, like Carlos Gracie, in Brazil. To bear fruit until this day, and at every corner of the planet, the master had to have firmly entrenched [...]

Eight weeks removed from the IBJJF Pan-American Championship, and Gracie Barra doesn’t want to hear about resting on its laurels after having won the team title at the European Championship. The focus now is on trying for a repeat performance in their own backyard, at the March 29 Pan to take place right down the road [...]

Brandon Vera has suffered an injury and will be unable to compete against Thiago Silva as originally expected at UFC on FX 3.

A rematch between light heavyweights Brandon Vera and Thiago Silva has been scrapped just days after it was announced for UFC on FX 3, as Vera has been injured and Silva now awaits a new opponent for the May 15 event in Fairfax, Virginia, the UFC announced Saturday.

It appears M-1 Global will return to Showtime in 2012.

The dance card for Strikeforce “Tate vs. Rousey” is now set, as promotion officials Friday announced the nine-fight bill.

Vacant UFC interim welterweight title challengers Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit took to the scales on the eve of battle in Las Vegas ahead of Saturday’s UFC 143

Sherdog.com Administrative Editor Jordan Breen will host his weekly live mixed martial arts chat at 1 p.m. ET

Sherdog.com is pleased to offer a live video feed of Friday's UFC 143 weigh-ins

MMAFrenzy.com will have live results and play-by-play from tonight's UFC 143 event in Las Vegas, which is headlined by Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit for the interim welterweight title and a shot at champion Georges St-Pierre.

Our live coverage will begin at 7pm ET for the preliminary card and 10pm ET for the pay-per-view main card.

MMAFrenzy.com presents its latest podcast, where host Steve “bsbiz” Barnes is joined by writers Chris Leslie and Bryan Robison providing analysis of this week’s MMA news including a post-fight breakdown of the UFC on Fox 2, a preview of UFC 143, Dana White's rant about hackers, and more.

The UFC has released highlights from Friday's UFC 143 weigh-ins, as headliners Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit made their interim title fight official and Josh Koscheck and Mike Pierce also hit the scale ahead of Saturday's pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.

By <a href="mailto:howie@mmanews.com">Chris Howie</a> <Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>

Georges St. Pierre will be in Las Vegas this weekend and you can expect to see him in the cage at the conclusion of the nights main event.<Br><Br>

Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit will fight for the interim UFC Welterweight Title and St. Pierre will be anxiously watching to see who he will face later this year.<Br><Br>

GSP talked about the post fight confrontation this week:<Br><Br>

"I don't like to be there.

Bellator’s sixth season continues to develop, as the Chicago-based promotion Friday announced that the welterweight tournament quarterfinals will take place on March 30 at Bellator 63.

<B>By MATT BOONE<BR>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer</B><BR><BR>

The following are the complete results from the official weigh-ins for Saturday's UFC 143: "Diaz vs. Condit" event, which emanates from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.<BR><BR>

<B>FX Preliminary Fights:</B><BR><BR>

-Jorge Lopez (169 lbs.) vs. Matt Riddle (170 lbs.)<BR>
-Matt Brown (170 lbs.) vs. Chris Cope (171 lbs.)<BR>
-Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres (136 lbs.) vs.

They are the central figures in one of the year’s most anticipated fights, and they have arrived at their day of reckoning.

The black belt Michelle Nicolini (CheckMat) won the women’s absolute division at the IBJJF European Championship this past weekend, outdoing two opponents. In her first match, she submitted Monica Vanessa with an armbar. In the final, she went up against her teammate Ida Hansson, who is soon to become a medical doctor, and won by [...]

The main WPJJ event in Abu Dhabi will only happen in April; still the climate is already heating up for the big Jiu-Jitsu stars already this February and March, when three more tryouts for the big event will take place to determine who gets free airfare, food and board for their trip to the United [...]

WEC veteran Casey Olson will return to the cage after nearly two years on the shelf, dropping to bantamweight to take on Cody Gibson in the main event of Tachi Palace Fights 12.

Our buddies with the twitter account @BRblackbelt, responsible for some of the most interesting and exotic Jiu-Jitsu camps in Brazil and abroad, issued this poll a little while ago: #BJJ is not about who you beat, but what you conquer. What have you conquered so far? GRACIEMAG agrees and applauds the query, and it echoes the [...]

MMAFrenzy’s coverage of Saturday’s main card concludes with our preview of a welterweight battle between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit. The showdown will be for the interim welterweight championship. Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy throughout the weekend, as we post weigh-in results, along with results of Saturday's event.

MMAFrenzy’s coverage of Saturday’s main card continues with our preview of a heavyweight battle between Roy Nelson and Fabricio Werdum. Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy as we break down each fight on the main card and conclude with the main event interim welterweight championship bout between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit.

In the wake of a lukewarm show in Chicago, expectations for UFC 143 on Saturday are high—at least, to our trainee. “Boss, I predict an array of different finishes, a night Jiu-Jitsu fans won’t be forgetting anytime soon! There will be triangles, back attacks, and even never-before-seen subs—even picking “Submission of the Night” will be [...]

Louis Gaudinot’s stint as a UFC bantamweight is officially over.