The Biggest Fight Night of All Time – A Combined Weight of
over 2400 Pounds…
Press Release – Las Vegas , Nevada – Literally the biggest fight card of all time
will detonate at the MGM Grand Garden
in Las Vegas on
Saturday night as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization presents UFC
146: THE HEAVYWEIGHTS on Pay-Per-View.
The first ever all-heavyweight main card is headlined by UFC
heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos making his first title defense against
the most successful heavyweight of all time, two-time champion Frank Mir. This
titanic main event is supported by four other heavyweight collisions and, in
total, 10 of division’s elite – and over 2400lbs of fighter – will be throwing
leather in Las Vegas
on Saturday.
UFC President Dana White said: “Fans have been going nuts
for this all-heavyweight card. You’ve got 10 of the baddest men on the entire
planet all going at it, including Junior dos Santos looking for some revenge
against the man who just broke his mentor’s arm in Frank Mir. There’s going to
be over 2400lbs of heavyweight on the main card – something we’ve never done in
the history of the UFC. I’m looking forward to some brutal knockouts and some
great submissions on Saturday night.”
UFC® 146: DOS SANTOS vs. MIR
will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV, iN
DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on BellTV, Shaw
Communications, Sasktel, and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail
price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN
for High Definition.
Reigning UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will
defend his crown against former two-time champion Frank Mir and former UFC
heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez – now fully healed from his knee injury –
returns to action against the dangerous Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.
Plus, in the first-ever all heavyweight UFC card, Roy Nelson
takes on Dave Herman, unbeaten heavies Stipe Miocic and Shane Del Rosario
collide and 6ft 11.5inch Stefan Struve takes on KO specialist Lavar Johnson.
Reigning and defending UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos said: “The
excitement for this event is kind of crazy. We just did the press conference at
the MGM Grand and the fans were there cheering and screaming. I am so excited
to defend my belt on such a huge show.”
Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion and current No1
heavyweight contender Frank Mir added: “I’ve been in the UFC for longer than
almost everybody; I’ve seen some great fights and have fought on some great
cards. This is the biggest fight of my career. Everyone loves heavyweights, and
you’ve got 10 of the baddest men on the planet all in action. Junior is a
dangerous boxer, but when this hits the ground, he’s done.”
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Heavyweight championship bout: (c) Junior Dos Santos (239)
vs. Frank Mir (261)
Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva (264) vs. Cain Velasquez
(240)
Heavyweight bout: Dave Herman (233) vs. Roy Nelson (254)
Heavyweight bout: Shane Del Rosario (246) vs. Stipe Miocic
(245)
Heavyweight bout: Lavar Johnson (248) vs. Stefan Struve
(255)
Preliminary Card: (FX)
Featherweight bout: Diego Brandao (145) vs. Darren Elkins
(145)
Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza (155) vs. Jamie Varner (156)
Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway (186) vs. Jason “Mayhem”
Miller (185)
Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy (170) vs. Duane “Bang” Ludwig
(171)
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Lightweight bout: Paul Sass (156) vs. Jacob Volkmann (155)
Light heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury (205) vs. Glover
Teixeira (204)
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)
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