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UFC 132 took place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.  The main event featured the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only fighter to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber. 

The co-main event featured  the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who faced  Chris Leben.  Also appearing on the main card was Tito Ortiz who faced Ryan Bader.

The fourth and final fight on the UFC’s facebook streaming portion of the card featured a bantamweight fight between former WEC champion Brian Bowles (9-1) and Takeya Mizugaki (14-5-2).

The fight started with both fighters looking to land some strikes. Not a very eventful round to start the fight.

After a prolonged period of exchanging on their feet Bowles took the fight to the ground, locked in the body triangle and then went to work, trying to secure a choke.

Between the second and third round Bowles said he hurt his hand while his corner told him that they did not care, “champions fight in the third round.”

With 3:00 left in the third Bowles landed a takedown and when Mizugaki stood he had Bowles stuck to his back and looking for a submission.

The fight goes to the cards:29-28, 30-27, 30-27 for Bowles

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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.

The third fight on the preliminary card that was streamed on the UFC’s facebook page featured a middleweight bout between Aaron Simpson (8-2) and Brad Tavares (7-0)

The fight started with a body kick from Tavares. Simpson then went after a takedown. Simpson then worked the clinch against the fence for a fairly long time before they were separated by the referee.

The round ended with Tavares his range and landing some punches.

The second round started with Simpson getting tagged with two punches that briefly had him staggered, but Tavares allowed him time and space and Simpson took Tavares’ back and recovered from the punches.

Tavares then surprised everyone by delivering a nice takedown that had Simpson on the ground for less than a second. When they got back to their feet SImpson went for the choke.

The third round started with Simpson using a combination to put Tavares up against the cage. Tavares spun out of the clinch.

Simpson imposed his will during the three round fight, but Tavares showed remarkable takedown defense against the All-American wrestler.

The fight goes to the cards: 30-27 on all three cards for Simpson

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UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Ryan Bader with a Loss

Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith

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.

Coming off of a loss to Jon Jones, Ryan Bader asked for a fight with Tito Ortiz. After initially scoffing at the idea, Ortiz accepted the fight with Bader as his last chance to get back on track in the UFC.

While most of the focus has been on what would happen to Ortiz should he lose this fight, a loss for Bader would be extremely damaging as well.

 If Bader were to lose to Ortiz, he would have dropped two straight fights and could be fighting for his job in his next fight. Having been a former winner of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC would most likely do everything in their power to keep Bader relevant, though.

If Bader were to lose against Ortiz, he would most likely be set up with an extremely winnable fight against a fighter like Stephan Bonnar or Krzysztof Soszynski.

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UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Dennis Siver with a Win

Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith

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.

After defeating George Sotiropoulos in his last fight, Dennis Siver became widely regarded as a lightweight contender. Many expected that Siver would land a fight with a big-name opponent, but he will be fighting the underrated Matt Wiman at UFC 132.

With Wiman being a wrestler, Siver’s takedown defense will be tested even more than it had been in his fight with Sotiropoulos. If Siver passes the test once again, he can rest assured that his next fight will be against another contender.

Currently, the top of the lightweight division is log-jammed with the injury of UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar, so there are plenty of options for Siver if he defeats Wiman. Some potential matchups include welcoming Sean Sherk back to the Octagon or a battle between diverse strikers with Anthony Pettis.

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UFC 132 Fight Card: Profile of Wanderlei Silva

Bleacher Report’s: Cody Slovensky

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.

Wanderlei Silva (33-10-1 1NC) is a Mixed Martial Artist who has been fighting for over ten years. He started his career with bare knuckle Vale Tudo fights and worked his way up from there. He is in the top three of greatest Pride fighters of all time and easily top 10 of overall alltime.

His record inside of the UFC isn’t the prettiest, but his overall career speaks for itself.

He is coming off of an extremely impressive performance at UFC 112 in Austrailia against Michael Bisping. He hasn’t fought in over a year, due to injuries.

After receiving surgery on his nose, starting a healthier diet and making the drop to middleweight, Wanderlei has shown that he isn’t done just yet.

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