Huge news came down today from the UFC as President Dana White announced that the main event of the first UFC on FOX fight card will be the heavyweight championship bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.
Rumors began yesterday when it was announced that today’s media call would be happening, but the MMA community will be happy to hear that perhaps the most anticipated heavyweight fight in the company’s history will be available for free on network television.
In addition to this big news, there were also some other interesting tidbits that came out of the call, including information regarding another current champion who was considered for the main event as well as the health of superstar fighter Brock Lesnar.
Bleacher Report covered the media call this afternoon and we have assembled some of the best quotes from Dana White as well as executives from FOX in one, easy-to-navigate location.