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A handful of the UFC's biggest stars get six-figure guarantees for all their fights and a cut of the pay-per-view revenue. Those guys are the promotion's highest-paid fighters.

For the majority of UFC fighters, the standard payday is in the five figures, and winning a bonus check for Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night or Submission of the Night can actually make up the majority of their income. And in that category of fighter, no one has cashed in more than Chris Lytle.

In any sporting event, there's a winner and loser, but there's also random, related pieces of information that can be gleaned from the proceedings.

Was George Sotiropoulos flouting the rules in regard to grappling pants? Cain Velasquez's star rose with his demolition of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, but what other effect might it have? Which UFC 110 fighter might have upped his standing in the UFC despite losing?

Those questions and more in alternate storylines.

The UFC's first fight card in Australia is rounding out, with a fight between Chris Lytle and Dong Hyun Kim being added to the Feb. 21 UFC 110 event, FanHouse's Ariel Helwani has learned.

Final WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit will look to bounce back from his UFC debut loss when he squares off against Chris Lytle at UFC Fight Night 19 on Sept. 16 in Oklahoma City, Ariel Helwani of FanHouse has learned.

Two up-and-comers will get six-figure UFC contracts, and the No. 1 UFC lightweight contender may be determined, at Saturday night's Ultimate Fighter Finale. We've got the full preview and predictions below.

Chris Lytle will step into the Octagon on Saturday night for his 49th professional mixed martial arts fight. But as busy as he's been fighting dozens of times, Lytle has done a lot more than just that: Lytle is also a full-time firefighter with the Indianapolis Fire Department, in addition to being a husband and father of four, and doing some professional boxing on the side as well.

In an interview with FanHouse, Lytle told me how he balances it all, why he expects his fight with Kevin Burns at Saturday night's Ultimate Fighter Finale on Spike to be a barn burner, and why he never wants fighting to feel like just a job that delivers a paycheck. The full interview is below.

Indiana is likely to become the next state to fully regulate mixed martial arts, as Senate Bill 160 has been ratified, allowing state sanctioning to begin on July 1.

The history of the bill can be found by clicking here.

Until now, MMA shows have been allowed in Indiana but have never before been under government sanctioning. The new law will allow a newly renamed state athletic commission to oversee the sport.

The UFC is continuing to beef up its presence on YouTube, and the latest video blog features Matt Serra, a few weeks out from his UFC 98 fight with Matt Hughes. (Some language not safe for work.)

Before UFC 93, Marcus Davis and Chris Lytle promised that their fight would be a stand-up battle. They delivered.

After the 1996 Olympics, Dan Henderson was a world-class athlete looking for a way to make a living. He had just competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in Atlanta, and he knew he wasn't ready to retire as an athlete at age 26, but he also knew there was no professional Greco-Roman wrestling circuit.

So he decided to take a shot at mixed martial arts, a sport so obscure that when he told people he was doing it, most didn't know what it was. Even those who had heard of it were only vaguely aware of what it was; some people called it Ultimate Fighting, some called it vale tudo, some called it no holds barred, and some called it savagery unfit for an Olympian.

But Henderson entered the Brazil Open in 1997, and that began an MMA career that has seen him fight professionally on four continents, and an MMA career that continued on Saturday with his victory over Rich Franklin in the main event at UFC 93.

Welcome to the FanHouse UFC 93 live blog, where we'll have live, round-by-round updates of the three undercard fights on today's UFC pay-per-view show.

The undercard consists of Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle and Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares. When those fights are over, you'll want to switch over to our UFC 93 main event live blog, where we'll have round-by-round updates of the co-main event, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Mark Coleman, and the main event, Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson.

If you just want to know who won and how, check our UFC 93 results page. The undercard live blog has begun and is after the jump.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in Ireland on Saturday for UFC 93, a pay-per-view show that has been lost in the shuffle between the great UFC 92 and UFC 94 cards. But while a lot of fans will skip this card, we'll be here at FanHouse all weekend with full coverage. Below is everything you need to know to get ready.