Wednesday's broadcast of "UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" on
Spike TV earned an average audience of 1.2 million viewers, station
executives today announced.

The Sept. 15 broadcast peaked with 1.6 million viewers, who tuned in for
Nate Marquardt's odd first-round stoppage of submission ace Rousimar
Palhares.

The event took place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas - Attack, and don't let up. That's Cole Miller's philosophy on fighting.

Miller has become a recent spokesperson for putting the "fight" back in "ultimate fighting." To his relief, he managed to back up his words by stopping Ross Pearson in impressive fashion at UFC Fight Night 22.

"I like to do what I say I'm going to do," Miller said after the event, which took place Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas -
MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from
tonight's "UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" event.

UFC Fight Night 22 takes place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The main card airs live on Spike TV.

Follow along with our round-by-round updates and official results, which
begin at 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT local time) for the preliminary card and 8
p.m. ET for the main card.

AUSTIN, Texas - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from tonight's
"UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" event at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC Fight Night 22 live results post, and then discuss the event in the comments
section below.

We'll provide live round-by-round and official results from the night's
preliminary card beginning at approximately 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT local time).

Onetime middleweight contender Nate Marquardt
believes he's within striking distance of another shot at the
middleweight title, and he's got to get through Rousimar Palhares if he has any hope of making that happen in the next year.

Palhares, meanwhile, is on a three-fight tear and needs a victory over a
big-name opponent to solidify his status near the top of the 185-pound
division.

The two clash tonight at UFC Fight Night 22, which airs live on Spike TV from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas - MMAjunkie.com was on scene for today's official "UFC Fight Night
22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" fighter weigh-ins and captured images of all
20 competitors.

Today's festivities took place at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas,
the same venue that hosts Wednesday's Spike TV-broadcast event.

While main-event competitors Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares had a
relatively uneventful interaction, fellow main-carders Cole Miller and
Ross Pearson made up for it with an intense nose-to-nose stare.

AUSTIN, Texas - MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today's official UFC Fight Night
22 fighter weigh-ins, where all but one competitor successfully made
weight for the show.

Today's festivities, which were free and open to the public, took place at at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Headliners Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares both made weighed 186
pounds for their middleweight bout, but co-main-event fighter Efrain
Escudero came in heavy at 159 pounds for his lightweight fight with
Charles Oliveira.

AUSTIN, Texas - Official fighter weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 22 take place today, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMAjunkie.com beginning at 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT local time).

Today's festivities, which include middleweight headliners Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares, take place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

In addition to the video stream, you can get live updates in our text-only results post on the MMAjunkie.com homepage.

AUSTIN, Texas - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's official UFC Fight Night 22 fighter weigh-ins.

Today's festivities, which are free and open to the public, take place at at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Watch a live video stream of the proceedings on the MMAjunkie.com homepage, or join us here for text-only results beginning at approximately 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT local time).

The weigh-ins for “UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares” event will be taking place today at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, the same venue for Wednesday’s action.

The weigh-ins will begin at 5PM EST (2PM PST) and you can watch them live at UFC.com/live.

The Sept. 15 event will see it’s four bout main card broadcast live on Spike TV and will precede the season premiere of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck” on Wednesday night.

Also referred to as UFN 22, the event will be headlined by a middleweight bout between Nate Marquardt (29-9-2) and Rousimar Palhares (11-2).

The live broadcast for UFN 22 begins at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST), while the premier for the twelfth season of “TUF” begins at 9 PM EST (6 PM PST).

Main card

Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186)
Lightweight bout: Charles Oliveira (154) vs. Efrain Escudero (159)*
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau (154) vs. Jim Miller (155.5)
Lightweight bout: Cole Miller (156) vs. Ross Pearson (156)

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout: John Gunderson (156) vs. Yves Edwards (155)
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury (206) vs. Jared Hamman (205)
Middleweight bout: Dave Branch (186) vs. Tomasz Drwal (185.5)
Middleweight bout: Rafael Natal (186) vs. Rich Attonito (185)
Welterweight bout: David Mitchell (170.5) vs. Anthony Waldburger (171)
Welterweight bout: Brian Foster (170.5) vs. Forrest Petz (170)

* – Escudero was 3 pounds overweight. Both fighters have agreed to a catchweight bout with Escudero surrendering 20 % of his “show” money.