UFC 148

UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on July 7, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Background
The UFC Fan Expo is scheduled to coincide with this event.
Jeff Hougland was expected to face Renan Barão at the event, but Hougland instead replaced Mike Easton to face Yves Jabouin at UFC on Fuel TV 3. Ivan Menjivar stepped in to replace Hougland and fight Barão.
The expected match between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, originally scheduled to take place at UFC 147 was moved to this event due to a scheduling conflict with the UN Conference, , which will be occurring during the same time frame as the UFC event. On April 24, the change was confirmed.
A bout between Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch, originally scheduled for this event, was moved to UFC 149 to bolster that card.
Official fight card
Main card
*Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Middleweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Welterweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dong Hyun Kim<ref name="UFC 148"/>
Preliminary card
*Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Ivan Menjivar<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou vs. Riki Fukuda<ref name="UFC 148"/>
*Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Fabrício Camões<ref name="UFC 148"/>

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