Fans can watch today’s “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” weigh-ins live on Spike TV starting at 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST). The event features a UFC heavyweight unification, as well as the number one world heavyweight ranking, between current champ Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin. The co-main event sees Japanese mma star Yoshihiro Akiyama taking on Chris Leben, who steps in with just two weeks since his last bout.
Spike TV also announces it will telecast the light heavyweight clash between “The Ultimate Fighter 2” alum Seth Petruzelli (14-5) and Ricardo Romero (10-1) on Saturday, July 3 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Petruzelli fight will join the already-announced Brendan Schaub-Chris Tuchscherer fight as part of the Spike TV live Prelims.
“UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” event card:
Main card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
HT: UFC.com