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UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on May 26, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Official fight card

Main card

Heavyweight Championship bout: Brazil Junior dos Santos (c) vs. United States Frank Mir
Heavyweight bout: United States Cain Velasquez vs. Brazil Antonio Silva
Heavyweight bout: United States Roy Nelson vs. United States Dave Herman
Heavyweight bout: United States Shane del Rosario vs. Croatia Stipe Miocic
Heavyweight bout: Netherlands Stefan Struve vs. United States Lavar Johnson

Preliminary card (FX)

Featherweight bout: Brazil Diego Brandao vs. United States Darren Elkins
Lightweight bout: Brazil Edson Barboza vs. United States Jamie Varner
Middleweight bout: United States Jason Miller vs. United States C.B. Dollaway
Welterweight bout: England Dan Hardy vs. United States Duane Ludwig

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Lightweight bout: United States Jacob Volkmann vs. England Paul Sass
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Kyle Kingsbury vs. Brazil Glover Teixeira
Featherweight bout: United States Mike Brown vs. United States Daniel Pineda


Background

For the first time in UFC history, all five fights on the main card will be Heavyweight bouts.

UFC Primetime will return to promote the main event.

Evan Dunham was expected to face Edson Barboza at the event. However, Dunham was forced from the event with an injury and replaced by returning veteran Jamie Varner.

Mark Hunt was originally scheduled to face Stefan Struve on the main card. However, on May 17, 2012, Hunt withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Lavar Johnson.
Alistair Overeem removal and card changes

Originally scheduled to headline the event was a Heavyweight Championship bout between one of UFC's newest stars, Alistair Overeem (who defeated former champion Brock Lesnar in his UFC debut to earn the title shot), and champion Junior dos Santos. On April 4, 2012, however, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) announced Overeem had failed his pre-fight drug test. Overeem's March drug test showed a 14:1 testosterone-epitestosterone ratio, according to the NSAC.

This resulted in a considerable shake up of the matches on the main card. On April 20, 2012, UFC President Dana White announced that Junior dos Santos will now defend his title against Frank Mir instead. Two days later, White announced Cain Velasquez (who was originally slated to fight Mir in the co-main event) will now face Antonio Silva.. Roy Nelson (who was originally scheduled to fight Silva, and then briefly Gabriel Gonzaga) will face Dave Herman. And Shane del Rosario (who was originally slated to fight Gonzaga) will now face Stipe Miočić.


May 02 - updated fightcard
May 15 - updated fight order & added poster
May 17 - updated fightcard
May 22 - updated fightcard (some fights moved around) & background

May 02 - fightcard updated (Dunham, Gonzaga out injured, Jamie Varner, Dave Herman their replacements)

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'UFC Primetime' returns to FX for 'UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir'







While this month's UFC 146 event may feature a shuffled lineup, that isn't stopping the UFC and FX from giving the main event 'Primetime' treatment.

In advance of their UFC 146 heavyweight title fight, UFC champ Junior Dos Santos (14-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and former title holder Frank Mir (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) will be featured in an upcoming edition of "UFC Primetime," a three-part special that airs on FX.

The first episode airs Friday, May 11, at 11 p.m. ET, with subsequent episodes premiering in the same timeslot on May 18 and May 25.

Replays of each episode air on FUEL TV.

"UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir" takes place May 26 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena. The night's main card airs on pay-per-view.

Dos Santos, of course, was slated to face former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 146. However, a pre-fight drug test that flagged Overeem for elevated levels of testosterone left his licensing status in doubt, and UFC officials pulled him in favor of Mir.

Overeem was later denied a license to fight by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and must wait until Dec. 27 before applying again.

Mir enters the fight on the strength of a three-fight win streak. The former heavyweight champion is 8-2 in his past 10 fights and has downed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Roy Nelson and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic in his past three outings.




Source:

May 15 - updated fight order & added poster

May 17 - updated fightcard (Lavar Johnson comes in place of Mark Hunt)

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May 22 - updated fightcard (some fights moved around) & background

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