UFC 146 will take place this Saturday live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and in an interesting twist, for the first time in UFC history, the main card will feature nothing but heavyweight fighters.
The fight card has gone through some changes from what was originally booked and that has led some to see UFC 146 as less than a must see, but, as a whole, fight fans would be doing themselves a disservice if they missed this event.
The headlining bout will feature the current UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos facing off against former champion Frank Mir. In the co-main event, former champion Cain Velasquez will face the man that positively destroyed Fedor Emelianenko during the Strikeforce Grand Prix, Antonio Silva. In Stipe Miocic and Shane del Rosario you have two fighters that are a combined 19-0 with only one complete fight between them. What’s not to like about those fights?
In the preliminary bouts you’ll see fighters competing for their jobs, and other fighters, such as Edson Barboza and Diego Brandao looking to launch themselves up the rankings of their respective divisions.
The reality is, that top to bottom, UFC 146 is a solid fight card.
On Friday all 24 fighters will take to the scale at 7 p.m. ET and weigh in for the event and Bleacher Report MMA will provide you with all the information you need about the weigh-ins as they happen.
Complete Fight Card
Junior Dos Santos vs. Frank Mir
Antonio Silva vs. Cain Velasquez
Dave Herman vs. Roy Nelson
Shane Del Rosario vs. Stipe Miocic
Lavar Johnson vs. Stefan Struve
Diego Brandao vs. Darren Elkins
Edson Barboza vs. Jamie Varner
C.B. Dollaway vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller
Dan Hardy vs. Duane “Bang” Ludwig
Paul Sass vs. Jacob Volkmann
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Glover Teixeira
Mike Brown vs. Daniel Pineda
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