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The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Daniel Cormier and top contender Alexander Gustafsson. The bout was initially linked as the event headliner for UFC 191. However, the bout was postponed to this event as a result of Cormier's knee injury.[3]
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UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson (also known as UFC Fight Night 68) was a mixed martial arts event held on June 6, 2015 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier is a mixed martial arts event held on January 3, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux (also known as UFC Fight Night 47) was a mixed martial arts event held on August 16, 2014 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.
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UFC Fight Night: Kim vs. Hathaway (also known as The Ultimate Fighter: China Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place on March 1, 2014 at the Cotai Arena in Cotai, Macau.
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The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos. The two have split their two previous encounters with Dos Santos winning the first bout via first round knockout at UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos and then Velasquez winning the rematch via unanimous decision at UFC 155. A bout between George Roop and Francisco Rivera was scheduled for this card, but was moved to UFC Fight Night 31 and replaced by Sarah Kaufman vs. Jessica Eye. Matt Grice was expected to face Jeremy Larsen at the event. However, Grice was forced out of the bout after sustaining serious injuries in a September 8 car accident in his home state of Oklahoma. Grice was replaced by Charles Oliveira who also lost his original opponent, Estevan Payan, due to injury. Subsequently on October 5, Oliveira pulled out of the Larsen bout citing a strained thigh muscle. Larsen instead faced promotional newcomer Andre Fili.
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UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson (or UFC on Fox 6) was an mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 26, 2013 at the United Center in Chicago Illinois.
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UFC 149 Faber vs Barao is a mixed martial arts event, held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on 21st July at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Alberta, Calgary, Canada .
UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann (also known as UFC on FX 2) was a mixed martial arts event held live by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday March 3, 2012 at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia.
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Strikeforce Challengers 19: Larkin vs. Rossborough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Strikeforce. The fourteenth Challengers episode took place on September 23, 2011 at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Strikeforce Challengers: Voelker vs. Bowling III was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. The seventeenth Challengers episode took place on July 22, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
