UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who is set to face Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card will be Tito Ortiz who will be fighting for his UFC career when he faces Ryan Bader.
The third fight on the preliminary card that was streamed on the UFC’s facebook page featured a middleweight bout between Aaron Simpson (8-2) and Brad Tavares (7-0)
The fight started with a body kick from Tavares. Simpson then went after a takedown. Simpson then worked the clinch against the fence for a fairly long time before they were separated by the referee.
The round ended with Tavares his range and landing some punches.
The second round started with Simpson getting tagged with two punches that briefly had him staggered, but Tavares allowed him time and space and Simpson took Tavares’ back and recovered from the punches.
Tavares then surprised everyone by delivering a nice takedown that had Simpson on the ground for less than a second. When they got back to their feet SImpson went for the choke.
The third round started with Simpson using a combination to put Tavares up against the cage. Tavares spun out of the clinch.
Simpson imposed his will during the three round fight, but Tavares showed remarkable takedown defense against the All-American wrestler.
The fight goes to the cards: 30-27 on all three cards for Simpson
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