UFC 148
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | July 7, 2012 | |||
Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
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UFC 148 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on July 7, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
Background
The UFC Fan Expo is scheduled to coincide with this event.[2]
Jeff Hougland was expected to face Renan Barão at the event, but Hougland instead replaced Mike Easton to face Yves Jabouin at UFC on Fuel TV 3. Ivan Menjivar stepped in to replace Hougland and fight Barão.[3]
The expected rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, originally scheduled to take place at UFC 147 was moved to this event due to a scheduling conflict with the UN Conference, Rio+20, which will be occurring during the same time frame as the UFC event.[4] On April 24, the change was confirmed.[5]
Announced Bouts
The following fights have been confirmed by UFC.com, but not yet added to the Official Fight Card.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen[6]
- Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber[6]
- Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin[6]
- Middleweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le[6]
- Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch[6]
- Welterweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dong Hyun Kim[6]
- Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Ivan Menjivar[6]
- Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Fabrício Camões[6]
- Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou vs. Riki Fukuda[6]
- Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov[6]
References
- ^ "UFC returns to Las Vegas on July 7 with pay-per-view event and fan expo". mmajunkie.com. January 26, 2012.
- ^ "UFC Fan Expo Returns to Las Vegas in July". ufc.com.com. February 1, 2012.
- ^ "Bantamweight shakeup: Easton out, Hougland meets Jabouin and Menjivar fights Barao". MMAjunkie.com. March 23, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ Whitman, Mike (April 20, 2012). "UFC to Hold Presser in Rio on Tuesday; Source Says 'Spider' Defense Likely Moving to Las Vegas". sherdog.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ "Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen title fight moved from UFC 147 to UFC 148". mmajunkie.com. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "UFC 148 fight card updates". UFC.com. March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.