Fresh off a victory over Nick Diaz in the headliner of this past weekend's UFC 143 event, interim welterweight champ Carlos Condit today joins MMAjunkie.com Radio.

Today's show airs at a special time of 3 p.m. ET (noon PT), and we return to our normal noon ET slot for the remainder of the week.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs today 3-5 p.m. ET (12-2 p.m. PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio.

The UFC has requested Memorial Day and Independence Day-weekend dates for events in Las Vegas.

Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer today confirmed via email with MMAjunkie.com that UFC officials have served May 26 and July 7 for major events.

Both shows are planned for the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Main-event loser Nick Diaz ($200,000) and main-card winner Josh Koscheck ($146,000) were the top earners at this past weekend's UFC 143 event.

MMAjunkie.com today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The total disclosed payroll for the event, which took place Feb. 4 at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center, was $880,500.

A bantamweight matchup between "The Ultimate Fighter 14" finalist T.J. Dillahsaw and two-time UFC vet Walel Watson is the fifth and final main-card bout of next week's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event.

The bout was announced in January, but its position on the evening's fight card was only recently revealed.

UFC on FUEL TV 1 takes place Feb. 15 at the 10,000-seat Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska. Diego Sanchez and Jake Ellenberger clash in the welterweight headliner.

LAS VEGAS - With four-straight wins in the UFC's featherweight division, Dustin Poirier is quickly moving up the short list of potential challengers to 145-pound champion Jose Aldo.

But after notching his fifth-straight win under the Zuffa banner at this past weekend's UFC 143 event, Poirier expressed a patient resolve.

Improving and maturing is his top priority for now - not a quick shot at the belt.

LAS VEGAS - In 2007, Ed Herman's UFC future looked bright.

Despite falling short in the finals of "The Ultimate Fighter 3" and then subsequently losing to Jason MacDonald, Herman then rattled off three-straight wins, scoring three bonus checks in the process.

But Herman's career then took a horrible detour, with "Short Fuse" going 1-3 and spending nearly two years out of the cage. Despite being one of the worst periods in Herman's life, the 31-year-old admits it helped him value what he has today.

Hard-hitting UFC and Strikeforce veteran Terry Martin will step in on short notice for an injured Jeremy Hamilton and face middleweight prospect Tim Ruberg at this month's Superior Cage Combat 4 event in Las Vegas.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the change, and an official announcement is expected shortly.

Featuring a main event between UFC veterans Kendall Grove and Jay Silva, "SCC 4: Grove vs. Silva" takes place Feb. 16 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

The MMAjunkie.com e-mailbox could hardly contain the flood of entries that came in this week for The Sunday Junkie.

Nor surprisingly, Carlos Condit's heavily debated victory over Nate Diaz in Saturday's UFC 143 headliner was a popular topic, and readers tackled all aspects of the pay-per-view fight.

This week's winner of our weekly reader-feedback feature, Indiana reader "Gallbladder_Flush," thinks angered Diaz fans need to look at the facts and realize there was, in fact, a clear winner in the title fight.

LAS VEGAS - On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Roy Nelson did what Roy Nelson does best: Walk forward, opponent be damned, and wing right hands.

And while his gutsy performance earned "Big Country" one-half of UFC 143's "Fight of the Night" bonus, the loss leaves Nelson at just 1-3 in his past four fights.

So despite earning one of the loudest welcomes of the night from the Mandalay Bay Events Center crowd, is Nelson's spot in the UFC's heavyweight division secure?

LAS VEGAS - UFC president Dana White understands why Nick Diaz is upset, even if he doesn't agree with the fighter's belief that he won Saturday's UFC 143 main event.

He also understands if Diaz goes through with an announced retirement, even if he thinks it'd be financially foolish to do so.

Quite simply, White has given up on trying to predict the 28-year-old's often-erratic behavior.

LAS VEGAS - The Ultimate Fighting Championship's own media notes on Brazilian bantamweight Renan Barao sum it up nicely: "Has best record, on paper, in all of MMA."

On Saturday night, Barao earned his 28th-straight win by downing onetime title-challenger Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision.

The 24-year-old is now 5-0 under the Zuffa banner, and while UFC president Dana White isn't ready to grant him a title shot just yet, he admits the Nova Uniao product is quickly becoming one of Brazil's most popular fighters.

LAS VEGAS - UFC 143 winner Josh Koscheck dropped the first hint of trouble at this past Thursday's pre-fight press conference, when he talked about the importance of "Team Me."

Following his split-decision win over Mike Pierce at Saturday's event in Las Vegas, Koscheck opened the flood gates.

"I'll be training out of Fresno for now," Koscheck told MMAjunkie.com. "I'm no longer affiliated with some of the people at the gym that I've been training at."

LAS VEGAS - Depending on who you talk to, Carlos Condit's unanimous-decision win over Nick Diaz in the main event of Saturday night's UFC 143 event in Las Vegas was either a brilliantly designed and perfectly executed gameplan or a mockery of mixed martial arts.

While it's obvious, of course, which Condit believes, you can also count UFC president Dana White among those who thinks the "Natural Born Killer" did all the right things.

"Carlos Condit won," White said following the evening's post-event press conference. "He went in there, and he fought a great fight."

LAS VEGAS - The rematch is happening.

At Saturday night's UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date in June.

Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday's fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.

LAS VEGAS - Saturday's "UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit" event drew a reported 10,040 attendees and generated a live gate of $2.3 million.

UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening's post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.

Featuring an interim welterweight title contest between former WEC titleholder Carlos Condit and former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz, UFC 143 marked the company's first 2012 event in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS - Stephen Thompson, Dustin Poirier, Fabricio Werdum and Roy Nelson each earned $65,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday's UFC 143 event.

Thompson earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Poirier picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Werdum and Nelson earned "Fight of the Night" honors.

MMAjunkie.com learned of the bonus winners and award amounts at UFC 143's post-fight press conference.

LAS VEGAS - Carlos Condit solved one of the most challenging puzzles in MMA.

The former WEC champ implemented a remarkably effective game plan and won the UFC's interim welterweight title by stifling ever-active but ultimately frustrated ex-Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz, who suggested he may retire after the loss.

The fight headlined UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center. Prelims aired on FX and streamed on Facebook.

LAS VEGAS - After three-and-a-year absence from the organization and picking up some major wins in Strikeforce, Fabricio Werdum made a successful return to the UFC.

The Brazilian heavyweight outlasted and even out-struck fellow big man Roy Nelson en route to a unanimous-decision victory.

The fight co-headlined UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center. Prelims aired on FX and streamed on Facebook.

LAS VEGAS - After Mike Pierce called him out on MMAjunkie.com Radio and ultimately got the fight he wanted, opponent Josh Koscheck labeled him a stepping stone and promised to send him back to the welterweight division's middle of the pack.

Koscheck earned a close decision win, but Pierce's stock will suffer little.

The main-card bout was part of UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center.

LAS VEGAS - Renan Barao survived arguably the biggest test of his MMA career and scored a unanimous-decision victory over former WEC bantamweight title challenger Scott Jorgensen.

The impressive performance earned Barao his 28th straight win and solidified his status as one of the UFC's top 135-pound contenders.

The main-card bout was part of UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center. Prelims aired on FX and streamed on Facebook.