
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently put the finishing touches on its upcoming UFC on FOX 7 fight card, which emanates from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, on April 20, 2013.
"Henderson vs. Melendez" is headlined by a lightweight championship contest pitting reigning division kingpin Ben Henderson against former Strikeforce 155-pound titleholder Gilbert Melendez.
In the co-main event, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir has been tasked with welcoming undefeated Olympian Daniel Cormier into the Octagon.
That's not all.
Here is the finalized UFC on FOX 7 fight card and line up.
Main Event:
155 lbs.: UFC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez
FOX main card (8 p.m. ET):
265 lbs.: Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier
155 lbs.: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson
170 lbs.: Matt Brown vs. Jordan MeinFX channel "Prelims" (5 p.m. ET):
145 lbs.: Darren Elkins vs. Chad Mendes
185 lbs.: Francis Carmont vs. Lorenz Larkin
155 lbs.: Myles Jury vs. Ramsey Nijem
125 lbs.: Joseph Benavidez vs. Darren Uyenoyama
155 lbs.: Jorge Masvidal vs. Tim MeansFacebook "Prelims" (3:30 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Hugo Viana
155 lbs.: Roger Bowling vs. Anthony Njokuani
185 lbs.: Clifford Starks vs. Yoel Romero
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on fight night (Sat., April 20, 2013), which is slated to air at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The latest play-by-play fight updates of the live action will begin to flow earlier than that, however, around 3:30 p.m. ET with the "Prelims" undercard bouts on Facebook and FX Channel.
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