Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a media conference call today (Feb. 12, 2013) in advance of UFC 157: "Rousey vs. Carmouche" which will take place next weekend (Feb. 23) in Anaheim.
The conference call will begin at 2 p.m. ET. Scheduled to attend will be the headlining fighters of the evening, Ronda Rousey, Liz Carmouche, Dan Henderson and Lyoto Machida.
Rousey is the current UFC women's bantamweight champion. After winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics, she made the transition to MMA and has won every single fight via first round armbar. After winning and defending the Strikeforce women's 135 pound title, she was awarded the UFC title in the transition to the big show last December.
Carmouche is a former Strikeforce women's bantamweight title challenger, giving Marloes Coenen all she could handle for nearly four rounds before getting caught in a submission. The "Girl-rilla" won two straight fights at the first two Invicta events and was the only women willing to take on Rousey in her inaugural UFC title defense.
Henderson is the former Strikeforce and Pride FC light heavyweight champion, as well as the former Pride middleweight champ. After a career resurgence that included big wins in Strikeforce over Rafael Cavalcante and Fedor Emelianenko, "Hendo" was brought over to the UFC where he had perhaps the greatest fight of all time against Mauricio Rua, which was supposed to earn him a title shot. Unfortunately, he injured his knee, which eventually led to UFC 151's cancelation
And after what feels like an eternity, he'll finally be fighting again to potentially earn a shot at the champ once more.
Machida is also a former champion, winning the UFC Light Heavyweight belt from Rashad Evans and defending it once before having his reign prematurely ended. After working his way toward another shot, he was choked unconscious by current champion Jon Jones. In his return bout on Fox, he violently knocked out Ryan Bader in a fight that was supposed to earn him another shot at the champ, but instead must now fight Henderson to prove himself.
Brian Hemminger here. The conference call will begin at 2 p.m. ET. .
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