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Preliminary Card (Facebook) • Lightweight bout: Rafaello Oliveira (14-5) vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo (6-1) Preliminary Card (FX) • Lightweight bout: John Alessio (34-15) vs. Shane Roller(10-6) • Middleweight bout: Constantinos Philippou (10-2) vs. Riki Fukada (18-5) • Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau (25-7) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov (17-0) • Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard (29-10-2) vs. Fabricio Camoes (14-6-1) Main Card (PPV) • Bantamweight bout: Ivan Menjivar (24-8) vs. Mike Easton (12-1) • Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes (11-1) vs. Cody McKenzie (13-2) • Welterweight bout: Dong Hyun Kim (15-1-1) vs. Demian Maia (15-4) • Middleweight bout: Patrick Cote (17-7)  vs. Cung Le (7-2) • Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin (18-7) vs. Tito Ortiz (16-10-1) • Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (C) (31-4) vs. Chael Sonnen (27-11-1)
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