You know how it goes for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White -- every day he wakes up, bad shit happens.

Yesterday, the promotion held a highly successful mixed martial arts (MMA) event on pay-per-view (PPV) with the UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" fight card going off without a hitch and featuring a night filled with compelling fights. All the heavyweight main card delivered with five finishes and not a single bout making it past the second round.

But shortly after the show concluded, White revealed to reporters that the main event of the promotion's next scheduled show, UFC 147 on June 23, 2012, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will no longer happen.

Indeed, Vitor Belfort has suffered a broken hand -- for which he's already had surgery on -- and will not be able to rematch Wanderlei Silva as planned. A replacement opponent is currently being sought.

This marks another bump in the road for an event plagued by problems since it was officially announced not long ago. First, the highly anticipated rematch pitting Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen was booked for the show before being moved to UFC 148 on July 7 in Las Vegas.

This after the organization had trouble finding a proper venue to house the event. They eventually found one and settled on a much smaller show but now the PPV, which already looked fairly weak on paper, has taken yet another crippling blow.

Anyone got any ideas for a new opponent for "The Axe Murderer?"

For all the latest news and notes on UFC 147 be sure to hit up our complete event archive right here.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you're gone from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

This is the hard lesson Jason Miller learned last night (Sat., May 26, 2012) following his unanimous decision loss to C.B. Dollaway during the FX broadcasted portion of the UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" preliminary card.

"Mayhem" fought hard, rocking Dollaway at multiple points in the fight. But he could never quite put "The Doberman" down, not for good, anyway. This led to the opposite, actually, with the former Ultimate Fighter (TUF) finalist dragging Miller to the floor and controlling him from top position.

By the time the two finished their 15 minutes inside the Octagon, they had put on what would easily become the worst fight of the evening.

For Miller, it was the second consecutive piss-poor performance. He was throttled by Michael Bisping at the TUF 14 Finale in Dec. 2011 and was handled again here. According to Rob Tatum, that was enough for UFC President Dana White to decide to release the struggling middleweight from his contract.

Apparently, there was also some sort of issue backstage with Miller, as White said "some crazy shit happened." No word on what exactly that is but expect that information to become available in the coming days.

Loose lips and all that.

For a more detailed account of Miller's loss to Dollaway click here and for complete UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the night's action click here.

During last night's (Sat., May 26, 2012) UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" pay-per-view (PPV) event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, there was one face in particular who stood out in the crowd during the heavyweight laden event.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was seen seated cageside, which raised a lot of eyebrows seeing as Lesnar has since moved on to the "greener pastures" of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after being knocked out by Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 back on Dec. 30, 2011.

During the UFC 146 post-fight press conference, the media demanded answers from UFC President Dana White regarding Lesnar's presence at the event. White was hesitant to reveal too much information, but when asked if Lesnar's appearance meant anything, White would only respond by saying, "maybe" with a coy smile.

And then the bombshell. The Octagon boss admitted a mixed martial arts (MMA) comeback could be in the cards.

It should be noted that Lesnar has signed a one-year deal with WWE through WrestleMania 29 next year, which is scheduled for April 7, 2013. However, current WWE storylines have Brock walking out on the company and suing over a contract dispute.

Until now, it's all been kayfabe (part of the story) but this casts a shadow of doubt over everything. Then again, it's no beyond WWE Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon to send Lesnar to the event to get some publicity for himself to spark interest in current storylines on Monday Night Raw.

MMAmania.com will keep you posted on this story as developments become available.

Junior dos Santos successfully defends his heavyweight championship for the very first time by doing exactly what he said he would do in the main event of UFC 146 last night (Sat., May 26, 2012) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada -- knock out Frank Mir in the second round. The end came after "Cigano" unloaded a series of shots the former division champion had no answer for, particularly repeated punches to the midsection that softened him up for the big boom later on. Mir was knocked down multiple times throughout the fight and when his one takedown attempt failed, there was no denying the inevitable. Junior dos Santos is a very bad man, Maniacs. Even with no gun in his hand, he's a bad man. For a more detailed look at the Dos Santos vs. Mir fight click here. And for complete UFC 146 results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the night's action click here.

UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, has officially wrapped, which means it's time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts.

To the tune of $70,000 each.

The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary bonuses to four out of the 22 fighters on the card, and it's probably no surprise who's headed home with a second sack of simoleons.

In a shocker, Roy Nelson was awarded "Knockout of the Night" honors for unloading some heavy artillery at Dave Herman in their heavyweight hoedown on the main card on pay-per-view (PPV). "Big Country" went wide with a haymaker, it connected, and "Pee-Wee" went night night.

Nelson wasn't the only one awarded "Knockout of the Night" honors, however. Indeed, his old buddy and training partner, Dan Hardy, was also slipped a big bonus check for his first round sleeping of Duane Ludwig on the FX broadcasted portion of the preliminary card.

Maybe it was just a monetary "thank you" for justifying Lorenzo Fertitta's decision not to cut him.

"Submission of the Night" was no easy task as three men impressively caused taps, naps, and snaps. So instead of actually making a difficult decision, UFC President Dana White decided to give out two.

The first went to Paul Sass for putting a sock in Jacob Volkmann by grabbing an arm and taking it home with him. Sorry, folks, no post-fight promo on Barack Obama this time.

Stefan Struve was also rewarded handsomely for making quick work of Strikeforce import Lavar Johnson. "Big" was knocking heads off since making his way to the Octagon but "The Skyscraper" put an end to that by nearly ripping his arm off just over one minute into the contest.

And thanks to double dipping on the first two, a "Fight of the Night" bonus was not given out. Pooey.

Here are the special fight bonuses for UFC 146:

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UFC 146: "Dos Santos vs. Mir" from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is scheduled to take place tonight (Sat., May 26, 2012), airing live on pay-per-view (PPV) at 10 p.m. ET.

Immediately following the mixed martial arts (MMA) event, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White and a handful of participating fighters -- Junior dos Santos, Frank Mir, Cain Velasquez, among others -- will be on hand for the UFC 146 post-fight press conference, which is now embedded below (after the jump) for an approximate 12:45 a.m. ET start time.

A replay will also be available below for those who turn in early or miss the live broadcast altogether.

Be sure to tune in for post-fight reactions from all the major players as well as up-to-the-minute results of all the UFC 146 post-fight bonuses including "Fight of the Night," "Knockout of the Night" and "Submission of the Night."

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Junior dos Santos put his heavyweight championship on the line in the main event of UFC 146 tonight (Sat., May 26, 2012) against Frank Mir at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

It was his first attempted defense of the title he won by knocking out Cain Velasquez last November, his eighth consecutive victory inside the Octagon. Mir was only given his opportunity because Alistair Overeem failed to get his fight license after a drug test snafu, but his three-fight win streak and considerable resume gave him enough credibility to earn him the spot.

That didn't help him in the fight, though. No, he met the exact same fate as so many before him, falling to Dos Santos by way of knockout at 3:04 of the second round.

Just like the champion said would happen.

Mir's takedown attempts were lame and easily stuffed. He was also a sitting duck on his feet and it wasn't long before "Cigano" planted him multiple times to reinforce his stranglehold on the UFC heavyweight championship.

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Round-by-round results of the UFC 146 "Prelims" fights on Facebook will begin to flow around 7 p.m. ET TONIGHT (May 26, 2012) and run into our LIVE FX coverage at 8 p.m. ET and then right through our main card pay-per-view (PPV) updates that will begin at 10 p.m. ET.

Yee-haw!

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Enjoy the show, Maniacs!