UFC 132 will take place on July 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The fight card will close out a run of six straight weekends of UFC/Strikeforce fight cards.
The main event on the card will feature the UFC’s first bantamweight title bout as champion Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only fighter to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
Also appearing on the card will be Tito Ortiz, who will be fighting for his UFC career when he meets the heavily favored Ryan Bader.
Wanderlei Silva makes his return to the Octagon at UFC 132. Silva has not fought since February 2011. He will meet Chris Leben on the main card of the event.
Bleacher Report’s Adam Wells had the following to say about Silva’s fight against Leben:
Silva’s heart doesn’t really seem to be in the sport anymore. He is 34 years old and seems to only want to take fights that he knows he will win. He doesn’t want to challenge himself as a fighter anymore for whatever reason.
In fact, he talked his way out of fighting Brian Stann at UFC 130 because his ego is so fragile that he assumed Stann, a former U.S. Marine, would be the fan favorite on Memorial Day weekend.
The end is coming for Silva very, very soon. With a loss at UFC 132, it will arrive sooner than he may want it to.