The bout order for this May’s upcoming UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold event was announced today by Ultimate Fighting Championship officials.
Four fights will make up the FX televised main card which includes the middleweight main event match between Vitor ‘The Phenom’ Belfort (22-10) and the final Strikeforce champ Luke Rockhold (10-1).
The entire thirteen bout card was announced for the May 18, 2013 event which is expected to take place at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil.
The rest of the main card will feature another two 185-lb matches between Costa Philippou vs. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza and Cezar Ferreira vs. C.B. Dollaway. The opening bout will see lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Evan Dunham square off as well.
The line up for UFC on FX 8 is as follows:
Main Card (FX @ 9pm EST)
Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold
Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou vs. Ronaldo Souza
Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Cezar Ferreira
Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Evan Dunham
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV @ 6pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Hacran Dias vs. Manny Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Mike Rio vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Bantamweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Marcos Vinícius
Welterweight bout: Lance Benoist vs. Paulo Thiago
Flyweight bout: Azamat Gashimov vs. John Lineker
Light heavyweight bout: Roger Hollet vs. Fabio Maldonado
Preliminary Card (Facebook @ 4:30pm EST)
Lightweight bout: John Cholish vs. Gleison Tibau
Flyweight bout: Chris Cariaso vs. Jussier Formiga
Lightweight bout: Jeremy Larsen vs. Lucas Martins