So UFC 129 was just concluded last night, and you're already wondering how the promotion's next major card looks like? Well four weeks from now, on May 28th, the UFC will head back to Las Vegas, Nevada for Memorial Day weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Six stars with 15 UFC knockouts between them look for their next big finish inside the Octagon. UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar takes on number one contender Gray Maynard, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson battles Matt "The Hammer" Hamill and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir meets Roy "Big Country" Nelson.

May 28th, live on Pay-per-view from Las Vegas, Nevada:
Main card:
Frankie Edgar (13-1-1) -150 vs. Gray Maynard (10-0-1) +130 [LW title]

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (31-8) -300 vs. Matt Hamill (10-2) +240

Frank Mir (14-5) -125 vs. Roy Nelson (15-5) +110

Stefan Struve (21-4) vs. Travis Browne (10-0-1)
 
Brian Stann (10-3) -125 vs. Jorge Santiago (23-8) EVEN

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Join us at ~12:20 a.m. ET for a live video stream of the tonight's post-fight press conference: (video stream after the jump)

The winners of UFC 129 (Georges St. Pierre, Jake Shields, Jose Aldo, Mark Hominick, Randy Couture, Lyoto Machida) talk about their performances and Dana White announces the Fight of the Night bonuses.

$129,000 fight-night bonuses:

- Fight of the Night: Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick
- Knockout of the Night: Lyoto Machida
- Submission of the Night: Pablo Garza

UFC 129 draws 55,724 fans for a gate of $12.075 million

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As soon as the fights start on Facebook (~6:00 p.m. ET), results will be below the fold. Do NOT click the full entry if you don't want to know how the undercard fights come out -- remember some of them may air on the Pay-per-view broadcast.

And as always, NO SPOILERS IN THE MAIN UFC 129 THREAD.

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In anticipation of their world welterweight title clash at UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields, UFC champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jake Shields are featured on UFC Primetime, a weekly, three part series on Spike TV. Part 3 takes viewers to the Bay Area of California to see how Shields is preparing for his title shot, and to Montreal to see how St. Pierre is preparing for his title defense. Check out Episode 1 and 2 after the jump.

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Georges St. Pierre prepares to face the most dangerous opponent of his career - the underrated and relentless Jake Shields. See both men prepare on Countdown to UFC 129.

Jake Shields - "I'm going to go out there and make it my fight, not (Georges St. Pierre's). I'm going to go out there and decide where the fight is going to be. I'm consistently attacking, pressure and trying to finish. I think once I get on top of him, I'm going to pass and put him away, get mount and choke him out."

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All fighters made weight for Saturday night’s UFC 129 event. UFC 129, which is headlined by the welterweight championship bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields and the featherweight championship bout between Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick, airs live on Pay-Per-View from the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at a new time of 9 p.m. ET.

Lyoto Machida - "I feel a victory over Randy Couture in the immediate future would put me back in the title line. In the future, what it does for my career is it’s just a big honor to fight against a legend like Randy Couture."

"There's always something to learn from every experience and every loss, but what I gained from my second loss was to maybe be a little bit more aggressive earlier in the fight."

(Photos from Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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The two welterweight headliners face off at the UFC 129 weigh ins on Friday afternoon. This spectacular welterweight title scrap will headline Saturday night's PPV in which Jake Shields will finally get his shot at Georges St. Pierre’s belt. UFC 129 takes place Saturday inside the Rogers Center. The live pay-per-view broadcast begins at 9 p.m ET.

All 24 fighters participating in UFC 129 will first step on the scale at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and we'll have the results right here at BloodyElbow.com. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and top contender Jake Shields will both need to make the welterweight title limit of 170 pounds.

The weigh-in starts at 4 p.m. ET and the video is after the jump. A Q&A session with all seven current UFC champions precedes the weigh-ins and streams live at 3:15 p.m. ET.

Main card:
Georges St. Pierre (169.5) vs. Jake Shields (169) [WW title]
Jose Aldo (145) vs. Mark Hominick (145.25) [FW title]
Randy Couture (203.5) vs. Lyoto Machida (204.5)
Vladimir Matyushenko (205.5) vs. Jason Brilz (204.5) 
Mark Bocek (155) vs. Ben Henderson (156.5*)

On Spike: [8 p.m. ET]
Nate Diaz (171) vs. Rory MacDonald (170.5)
Sean Pierson (170) vs. Jake Ellenberger (170)

On Facebook.com/UFC: [6 p.m. ET]
Claude Patrick (169.5) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.5)
Ivan Menjivar (136) vs. Charlie Valencia (135.5)
Jason MacDonald (185) vs. Ryan Jensen (185)
John Makdessi (155.5) vs. Kyle Watson (155)
Yves Jabouin (146) vs. Pablo Garza (145)

*Ben Henderson was one half pound over the limit and has 1 hour to lose the weight). 

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DAY 2 of Dana White's vlog for UFC 129 with floor plans for the Rogers Center, Royce Gracie, fighter face offs and Dana tweeting free tickets to the sold out event. Click here for episode 1.

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre makes the trek to the Sport Science lab to see if he has what it takes to beat Jake Shields in the Octagon. St. Pierre showed off his stamina and punches to ESPN Sport Science's John Brenkus where he tested St. Pierre's power and speed.

- Stamina: When most fighters hit their ceiling (maximum), GSP is at 85% of his max
- Georges St. Pierre's punch registers at 2859 lbs of force
- Georges St. Pierre's kick registers at 3477 lbs of force
- Georges St. Pierre's punch/kick combo registers at 6000+ lbs of force in under 1 second
- Speed: Georges St. Pierre's takedown generates 2400 watts of power in 1.17 second (on par with Rashad Evans)
- Georges St. Pierre's superman punch moves at 15 feet/second (twice as fast as his normal punch)

To compare: Cain Velasquez's punch is 2230 lbs of force, Rampage Jackson's punch is 1800 lbs of force and Shogun Rua's kick is 2749 lbs of force.

Watch sparring exhibitions with Georges St. Pierre, Jake Shields, Lyoto Machida, Claude Patrick, Jose Aldo and Mark Bocek. Get a quick glimpse of each fighters speed, movement and reflexes as they work out in front of fans. UFC 129 will take place Saturday night, from the Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The highly anticipated card will be headlined by a welterweight championship bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields.

HT: MMAFighting.com

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Are up - Two huge title fights and a battle between legends - UFC 129 will bring this stacked fight card to the biggest audience ever assembled to watch on April 30th. Check out the betting odds for the welterweight title fight between current champion Georges St. Pierre and top contender Jake Shields, Mark Hominick challenges Jose Aldo for the featherweight championship, and Randy Couture takes on Lyoto Machida.

Apr 30th, live on Pay-per-view from Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Main card:
Georges St. Pierre (21-2) -500 vs. Jake Shields (26-4-1) +335 [WW title]

Jose Aldo (18-1)  -500 vs. Mark Hominick (20-8) +365 [FW title]

Vladimir Matyushenko (25-5) -130 vs. Jason Brilz (18-3-1) +115

Randy Couture (19-10) +285 vs. Lyoto Machida (16-2) -350

Mark Bocek (9-3) +115 vs. Ben Henderson (12-2) -140


On Spike:
Nate Diaz (13-6) +105 vs. Rory MacDonald (10-1) -120

Sean Pierson (11-4) +170 vs. Jake Ellenberger (23-5) -200


On Facebook:
Claude Patrick (13-1) -175 vs. Daniel Roberts (12-1) +155

Ivan Menjivar (21-8) -155 vs. Charlie Valencia (12-6) +135

Jason MacDonald (24-14) +130 vs. Ryan Jensen (15-7) -150

John Makdessi (8-0) -175 vs. Kyle Watson (13-6-1) +155

Yves Jabouin (15-6) -180 vs. Pablo Garza (10-1) +155

MMA Junkie reports that two of the UFC's most promising welterweights will lock horn in Philadelphia when Mike Pierce squares off against Johny Hendricks. Both men are coming off knockout wins, Hendricks over TJ Waldburger and Pierce over Kenny Robertson, proving their dominant wrestling is not the only thing they bring to the table. UFC 133 is scheduled to take place at the Wells Fargo Center on August 6th.

Mike Pierce (12-3)
Win Kenny Robertson - TKO (Punches) UFC 126
Win Amilcar Alves - Submission (Straight Armbar) UFC 118
Win Julio Paulino - Decision (Unanimous) UFC Versus 1

Johny Hendricks (10-1)
Win Anthony Waldburger - TKO (Punches) UFC FN 24
Loss Rick Story - Decision (Unanimous) TUF 12 Finale
Win Charlie Brenneman - TKO (Punches) UFC 117

Aug 6th, live on Pay-per-view from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman
Riki Fukuda vs. Rafael Natal

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has won a couple of light heavyweight bouts in the UFC and he made it look easy. But he's not interested in fighting at 205lbs in the future out of respect to his LHW teammates Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante. He thinks Jon Jones will hold the belt for a very long time: [at the 20 min mark]

"Sometimes I look at Jon Jones fight and I remember me when I started to fight. I remember. I like Jon Jones. He's a good guy. He has great focus for training, for working. That's it. My opinion is Jon Jones is staying with the belt for a long time. I finish my career in my class."

This is a must see interview from Anderson Silva, watch the entire episode here.

HT: MMAFighting.com

In anticipation of their world welterweight title clash at UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields, UFC champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Jake Shields are featured on UFC Primetime, a weekly, three part series on Spike TV. Part 3 takes viewers to the Bay Area of California to see how Shields is preparing for his title shot, and to Montreal to see how St. Pierre is preparing for his title defense. Check out Episode 1 and 2 after the jump.

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Dana White talks about why he is so excited for UFC 129, why the UFC shelved plans to book Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre, whether he believes this will be Randy Couture's last fight and his thoughts on Royce Gracie fighting on an upcoming UFC show.

More videos from MMA Fighting:
- Georges St-Pierre on Jake Shields Fight: 'I Want the Finish'
- Randy Couture Explains Timing of Retirement Announcement
- Jake Shields Sees 'Small Holes' in Georges St-Pierre's Game
- Royce Gracie Says He Has One More Fight Left in Him

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UFC President Dana White breaks down the UFC Welterweight title bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields leading to UFC 129's debut in Toronto. The April 30th card will be the most well-attended UFC in history with over 55,000 tickets already sold for the Rogers Centre.

"(People not giving Jake Shields enough credit) bums George out, because people don't realize what a tough test this is for George. The hardcore (fans) I think get it."

"The thing I'm interested in is, Georges St. Pierre chews wrestlers up and spits them out. Jake Shields is a different kind of wrestler. He out wrestled Dan Henderson, you name it. I don't even think Jake Shields mom expected him to beat Dan Henderson. Nobody expected that. Jake Shields is a winner and he finds a way to win."

Head trainers Cesar Gracie and Firas Zahabi also break down Saturday night's main event on the Gross Point Blank ESPN podcast (audio) [transcribed by Fight Opinion]

Cesar Gracie - "GSP’s never fought someone on this kind of level in his life. He just hasn’t. A lot of people will point out to the guys GSP has fought, Matt Serra, B.J. Penn, but those are guys that can make 155. Jake cannot make 155 unless you cut his legs off or something, it’s not going to happen. Jake, like Joe Rogan said, is the best grappler (GSP) has ever encountered. So if it gets into grappling and scrambling, I feel really good about that."

"I’d say tapout, I really do. I think that the best way for Jake to do it. I’ve never seen anything from GSP’s toughness in regards to taking a beating. He’s a great hammer. Let’s see him when he’s the nail. Jake has to put GSP in some deep water like that and really see what he’s made out of. I want to see what happens when (GSP)’s getting punished. If he happens to take Jake to the mat, you cannot hold Jake down. I’ll be surprised if GSP can hold Jake down. I think he’ll get up, he’ll get up on top of him. This is a great match-up."

Firas Zahabi - "I would think it would be a mistake to show too much respect for Jake Shields’ grappling. He’s a great grappler, he’s a phenomenal grappler. But I don’t think he’s been with a grappler as good as Georges as well. Georges never had faced such a good grappler and neither has Shields. Georges’ jiu-jitsu is extremely well-developed, extremely well put together. Georges for this camp has rolled with 20 different black belts, literally over 20 different guys with their own specialties on the ground. So, he has plenty of experience on the ground, plenty."