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June 15, 2009 Kongo taken to hospital after UFC 99: Cheick Kongo was taken to a Cologne hospital for a CAT scan after his fight against Cain Velasquez at UFC 99 on Saturday. FightMetric claims Velasquez landed a total of 251 punches to Cheick Kongo’s head during [+] June 15, 2009 Al-Turk to appeal CroCop result: Mostapha Al-Turk has admitted that they will launch an appeal against the result of the fight against Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic at UFC 99. The fight in Germany was stopped in the first round after Al-Turk covered his [+] June 15, 2009 Etim wants to fight big name: British fighter Terry Etim admits he is hoping to get a fight against a big name, following his win over Justin Buccholz at UFC 99. Etim struggled for much of the fight against Bucholz, but managed to [+] June 14, 2009 White open for Silva to stay at UFC: UFC president Dana White has admitted that he is open to let Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva to stay on and fight in the promotion. Silva lost his fight against Rich Franklin at UFC 99 in Germany [+] June 14, 2009 Silva wants rematch: Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva is desperate for a rematch with Rich Franklin following his loss to the American at UFC 99 in Germany. Franklin impressed in the fight against Silva and the Brazilian struggled to make [+] June 14, 2009 Davis blasts UFC judges: American fighter Marcus Davis has blasted UFC judges after his split decision loss to British star Dan Hardy at UFC 99 in Germany. The 35-year-old claims the judges were wrong to award Hardy the victory in their [+] June 14, 2009 Cro Cop Doesn’t Seem to Care About His Legacy, After All: Cro Cop fed the media, fans, and Dana White a lot of talk about caring about his legacy, fighting for honor and wanting to prove that his last less-than-impressive UFC stint was not indicative of his true [+] June 14, 2009 Dana hits out at CroCop: UFC president Dana White has blasted Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic for joining DREAM yesterday. Filipovic confirmed he has signed a three-fight deal with DREAM, after his UFC 99 fight with Mostaphal Al-Turk on Saturday. This was Filipovic’s return [+] June 14, 2009 Wand, Franklin, Etim and Swich handed bonuses: Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin were handed $60,000 each after their fight was being awarded Fight of the Night at UFC 99 in Germany. Mike Swick’s win over Ben Saunders was named Knockout of the Night. Submission of the Night was won by Terry Etim, who managed a second round win over Justin Bucholz, by using a D’Arce choke win. Etim and Swick will get $60,000 each for their awards. [+] June 14, 2009 UFC 99 Results: Rich Franklin impressed with a win over Wanderlei Silva by unanimous decision at the UFC 99 event in Germany on Saturday. Cain Velasquez managed to beat Cheick Kongo and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic beat Mostapha Al Turk [+]