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UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 14, 2012 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Official fight card

Main card

Featherweight Championship: Brazil José Aldo (c) vs. United States Chad Mendes
Middleweight bout: Brazil Vitor Belfort vs. United States Anthony Johnson
Middleweight bout: Brazil Rousimar Palhares vs. United States Mike Massenzio
Welterweight bout: Brazil Erick Silva vs. Brazil Carlo Prater
Lightweight bout: Brazil Edson Barboza vs. England Terry Etim

Preliminary card (FX)

Lightweight bout: Brazil Thiago Tavares vs. Canada Sam Stout
Heavyweight bout: Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Brazil Ednaldo Oliveira
Featherweight bout: Brazil Yuri Alcantara vs. Japan Michihiro Omigawa
Welterweight bout: Brazil Ricardo Funch vs. United States Mike Pyle

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Featherweight bout: Brazil Felipe Arantes vs. Canada Antonio Carvalho


Background

UFC 142 will feature preliminary fights live on FX.

Siyar Bahadurzada was scheduled to face Erick Silva, but pulled out of the bout. Veteran fighter Carlo Prater has stepped in as a replacement for Bahadurzada.

Rob Broughton was scheduled to face Ednaldo Oliveira, but pulled out of the bout. Recently resigned heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga will replace Broughton in the bout.

Paulo Thiago was scheduled to face Mike Pyle, but pulled out of the bout due to an injury. Recently resigned welterweight Ricardo Funch will replace Thiago in the bout.

Stanislav Nedkov was scheduled to take on Fabio Maldonado at this event, but visa problems forced Nedkov to withdraw from the bout. Newcomer Caio Magalhaes stepped in as a replacement for Nedkov in late December. However, Maldonado was injured less than a week before his fight with Magalhaes and the bout was scratched from the card. The winner of Belfort/Johnson will earn a title shot at the middleweight title and the winner of Jose Aldo/Chad Mendes will face Erik Koch at UFC 145 or UFC 146.


dec 12 - updated fightcard & background
Jan 1 - updated fightcard & background
Jan 10 - updated fightcard & background

It seems like they got some difficult matchups for the brazilians, might become a angry crowd .

dec 12 - updated fightcard & background
Jan 1 - updated fightcard & background
Jan 10 - updated fightcard & background

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Jose Aldo (145) vs. Chad Mendes (144)
Vitor Belfort (186) vs. Anthony Johnson (197)*
Mike Massenzio (184) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186)
Carlo Prater (170) vs. Erick Silva (169)
Edson Barboza (154) vs. Terry Etim (155)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
Sam Stout (155) vs. Thiago Tavares (155)
Gabriel Gonzaga (250) vs. Ednaldo Oliveira (229)
Yuri Alcantara (145) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (146)
Ricardo Funch (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
Felipe Arantes (145) vs. Antonio "Pato" Carvalho (144)
* - Missed 186-pound limit; fined 20 percent and must weigh lighter than 205 by tomorrow for bout to take place

hey is this on today (US time)??

I'm from the UK and when I got to ufc.com it says this event is on sunday 15th. I don't know if they've detected my location and given me the UK time and given me 1:00am Sunday GMT. Anyone know?

alright, thanks for clearing that up for me, much appreciated.

So fucking pissed at Mario the ref! Got all the main event picks and missed 2 on the prelims but 'cause of got 3 total misses. Sucks arse! The card was weird. Fast stand-ups and one-sided refereeing. And the conferences have no English translation so how the fuck are we supposed to know what fighters are saying!