FanHouse AmirSadollah

Phil Baroni will make his return to the Octagon at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 against Amir Sadollah. The official bout agreements have yet to be signed, but both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight. This will mark the first time Baroni competes in the UFC since his UFC 51 loss to Pete Sell in February 2005. It's a big fight for both men, as each needs a convincing victory to help get their respective careers back on track.

Baroni told FanHouse via e-mail on Wednesday that while he is happy to be fighting in the UFC again, he still feels like he has a lot to prove.

PHILADELPHIA -- Anderson Silva walked into UFC 101 surrounded by boos, a goat, and left bathed in adulation, the G.O.A.T., or at least something close.

Needing a highlight-reel worthy performance to quiet the sudden doubts emanating from two straight lackluster performances, Silva -- fighting for only the second time at 205 pounds -- toyed with former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin before putting him away with a stunning short right in just 3:23 of the first round.

PHILADELPHIA -- This is the UFC 101 live blog for Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks, a welterweight matchup on the televised portion of the pay-per-view card.

You can also keep track of action by following me on Twitter, and by participating in our live chat.

The live blog is below.

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Today's UFC Twitter mailbag features a healthy dose of questions stemming from UFC President Dana White's conference call Friday, including the new UFC 103 main event of Vitor Belfort vs. Rich Franklin, the inability of Fedor Emelianenko and the UFC to reach an agreement, and more.

Your questions and my answers for our UFC Twitter mailbag are below.

Is Vitor Belfort headed back to the UFC? During Saturday night's "Ultimate Finale" telecast on Spike, UFC president Dana White told Amir Sadollah during an "Inside the Octagon" segment that he is considering booking the former UFC light heavyweight champion in a middleweight title fight against current champion, Anderson Silva.

"If his head is right, he's a dangerous, dangerous guy," White said. "I think that would be a great a match-up."

Amir Sadollah will fight for the first time since winning Season 7 of The Ultimate Fighter when he takes on Nick Catone at UFC 91, and he tells Dave Farra of RawVegas.tv that he's spending his time at Xtreme Couture working on his wrestling:

Asked what he thinks he's improved, Sadollah says, "I hope my wrestling. We'll see on fight night, but I'm just trying to work on everything: Standup, ground, wrestling, clinch."

Here's the latest episode of ESPN.com's MMA Live:

The show began with a look at the Ultimate Fighter finale and Amir Sadollah's upset victory, including the dispute over whether C.B. Dollaway really tapped out. (Kenny Florian insists that he did.) They also discuss the upcoming mixed martial arts schedule and take a look at Kim Couture's MMA debut.

Amir Sadollah defeated C.B. Dollaway with a first-round arm bar tonight in Las Vegas, earning a UFC contract by winning the final fight of this season of The Ultimate Fighter.

The fight was a rematch of a fight that aired during the Ultimate Fighter season; Sadollah won that fight and eliminated Dollaway, only to have Dollaway invited back as a replacement for finalist Jesse Taylor, who was kicked out of UFC.

Although this fight was shorter than their first fight, the result was similar: Dollaway appeared to be in an advantageous position on top on the ground, only to have Sadollah put him in an arm bar. Sadollah is a likable, articulate guy and a skilled fighter who's got a great future ahead of him in UFC.

Said Sadollah after Joe Rogan called him The Ultimate Fighter, "I just heard it and I like it."

Here's a look at Amir Sadollah and C.B. Dollaway talking about their fight tonight in the finale of The Ultimate Fighter:

Thanks to the unprecedented situation with Jesse Taylor getting kicked out of UFC after earning a spot in the Ultimate Fighter finale, Dollaway got into the finale even though he lost to Sadollah in the semifinals.

And yet even though it was Amir who won the first time and C.B. who took the back door into the finale, just about everyone thinks C.B. is going to win tonight. C.B. is the betting favorite and a nearly unanimous pick among the experts I've seen.

Although I'm sure Amir is using that fact as motivation, frankly, C.B. is the favorite for the very simple reason that he's just a better fighter. Yes, he left himself exposed for an arm bar the first time they fought, but prior to that he was controlling the fight. At the start of the season C.B. had the best credentials of any member of the Ultimate Fighter cast, and I'll be very surprised if he isn't The Ultimate Fighter when it's all over tonight.

We'll be live blogging tonight's finale here at FanHouse.