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.
Recently the UFC released an extended video preview of the July 2 fight card. Early in the preview the main event fighters mention their previous meeting. “Knowing that I’m Dominick’s only loss, it’s gotta really get on his nerves,” Faber(25-4) said. Cruz(17-1) commented that the 2007 loss, “It left a mark on my brain, he’s next on my hit list, I’m going to whoop his butt, I’m going to do it.”
Cruz and Faber then speak about the genesis of their dislike for each other.
Chris Leben says the following about his fight with Wanderlei Silva, “I want to fight Wanderlei Silva because I like fighting and I like real fights.”
An in depth preview for a card that will end a long stretch of UFC/Strikeforce fight card weekends.