Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - When Rory Markham tipped the scales at 177 pounds Friday for his WELTERWEIGHT bout with Nate Diaz, who was making his debut in the division, it was assumed that the former lightweight was going to have some difficulty dealing with the strength and power of the veteran knockout artist. But it was Diaz laying the hurt down on Markham Saturday at the Prudential Center as he scored a first round TKO win.

NEWARK, N.J. - Shane Carwin, Kurt Pellegrino, Jared Hamman and Rodney
Wallace each earned $65,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances
at Saturday's "UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy" event.

Carwin took home "Knockout of the Night" honors, Pellegrino cashed in on
the evening's "Submission of the Night" award, and Hamman and Wallace
shared the night's "Fight of the Night" designation.

MMAjunkie.com
learned of the awards Saturday evening at the post-fight press
conference, which followed UFC 111 at the Prudential Center in Newark,
N.J.

NEWARK, N.J. - The easiest measure of UFC welterweight champion Georges
St-Pierre's greatness may be the look that was on his face at the
conclusion of his one-sided win over Dan Hardy.

Disappointment.

Despite earning a clean sweep of Saturday night's UFC 111 main event at
the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. - including a 50-43 score on one
card - St-Pierre knew he hadn't yet turned in his best.

NEWARK, N.J. - Scrappy UFC brawler Nate Diaz has always been an
"anybody, anywhere, anytime" kind of fighter.

After his performance on the preliminary card of Saturday night's UFC
111 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Diaz can now add
"any weight class" to his take-on-all-comers attitude.

Diaz made the leap from the 155-pound division all the way up to
middleweight, albeit on a slight technicality, and the Stockton, Calif.,
native delivered one of the most impressive performances of his career.

NEWARK, N.J. - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's
"UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy" event.

Tonight's show takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Two
preliminary-card bouts air on Spike TV before the main card airs on
pay-per-view.

Following along with our round-by-round updates and official results,
which begin at 7:15 p.m. ET (4:15 p.m. PT) for the preliminary card and
10 p.m. ET for the main card.

NEWARK, N.J. - MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's
"UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy" event at the Prudential Center in
Newark, N.J.

Be sure to follow along with the latest card updates in our UFC 111 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 7:15 p.m. ET (4:15 p.m. PT)
and the night's main card at 10 p.m. ET.

Tonight’s “UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” event is set to take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Two of the events Preliminary Bouts will be broadcast live on Spike TV beginning at 9p.m. EST (6p.m. PST).

The event is headlined by a UFC welterweight title match between current champ Georges St. Pierre and challenger British striker Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy. The co-main event sees heavyweights Shane Carwin and Frank Mir square off for an interim title as well as a shot at the current champ Brock Lesnar this summer.

The first preliminary bouts kick-off at about 7:15 p.m EST (4:15p.m PST) and The MMA News will provide you with the quick results.

As always we’ll be keeping the spoilers off-of the main page, so to view the Quick Results for UFC 111 click

Main Card

- Georges St-Pierre def. Dan Hardy via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-45)
- Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir via KO (strikes) – R1, 3:48
- Kurt Pellegrino def. Fabricio Camoes via submission (rear naked choke) – R2, 4:20
- Jon Fitch def. Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Jim Miller def. Mark Bocek via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Preliminary Card (Spike TV)

- Nate Diaz def. Rory Markham via TKO (strikes) – R1, 2:47
- Ricardo Almeida def. Matt Brown via submission (rear naked choke) – R2, 3:30

Preliminary Card (Un-aired)

- Rousimar Palhares def. Tomasz Drwal via submission (heel hook) – R1, 0:45
- Jared Hamman def. Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Matthew Riddle def. Greg Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) – R3, 1:30

NEWARK, N.J. - Rory Markham will take home $1,000 less than he planned.

Nick Lembo of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com via email that Markham was issued the $1,000 fine for missing weight during Friday's official UFC 111 weigh-ins at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Markham, who fights Nate Diaz tonight in a Spike TV-televised preliminary-card bout, weighed 177 pounds, which was six pounds over the 171-pound limit for welterweight fights.

UFC 111 is all set to take place ths evening from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Headling the card will be a welterweight championship showdown between Georges St. Pierre and Dan Hardy, while Frank Mir and Shane Carwin will duke it out in the co-headliner for the UFC interim heavyweight title.

FiveOuncesofPain.com’s coverage of the card will kick off with the first preliminary match up at roughly 7:15 pm ET (4:15 pm PT), with the main portion of the event slated to begin at 10 pm ET (7 pm PT).

A full list of live results from the event are below:

Matt Riddle def. Greg Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) – Round 3

Jared Hamman def. Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Rousimar Palhares def. Tomasz Drwal via submission (heel hook) – Round 1

Ricardo Almeida def. Matt Brown via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2

Nate Diaz def. Rory Markham via TKO – Round 1

Jim Miller def. Mark Bocek via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jon Fitch def. Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Kurt Pellegrino def. Fabricio Camoes via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2

Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir via knockout – Round 1

Georges St. Pierre def. Dan Hardy via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-45)

Dan Hardy looks for perhaps the second-biggest upset in UFC history at UFC 111. Opponent and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre looks to avoid the dubious honor of being on the wrong end of such another upset.

Frank Mir, meanwhile, says he is no longer worried about exacting revenge on UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Instead, all of his focus is on opponent Shane Carwin, who looks to add an interim heavyweight title to his perfect MMA record.

In MMAjunkie.com's official event preview, Steven Marrocco talks to the four competitors and breaks down the UFC 111 co-headliners, which take place Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.