Event: UFC 162: "Silva vs. Weidman"Date: Sat., July 6, 2013, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

UFC 162 Main Event:

185 lbs.: UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman

UFC 162 Main Card Bouts On PPV (10 p.m. ET):

145 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. Charles Oliveira185 lbs.: Roger Gracie vs. Tim Kennedy145 lbs.: Ricardo Lamas vs. T...

UFC 161 wasn't good, was it? Well that's okay, because UFC 162 promises to be a great card filled with interesting and potentially exciting fights. Chris Weidman, only a week or so removed from stopping Mark Munoz, has earned his title shot against middleweight champion Anderson Silva. There were rumors that Silva was injured and that this fight was in jeopardy, but it appears those rumors are fa...

UFC 162 Play-by-Play: Edson Barboza vs. Rafaello Oliveira

If there was going to be an event that set the UFC record for most submissions in one fight, it had to be one in Brazil. And sure enough, UFC on FUEL TV 10 in Fortaleza, Brazil, did just that with eight. That includes five submissions out of six fights on the main card.

That also includes a submission in the co-main event, which was for the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2. Multiple-time...

The UFC's annual Independence Day card will go down on July 6th in Las Vegas and like last year, the UFC middleweight title will be up for grabs in the main event. Champion Anderson Silva will defend his belt against top contender and undefeated Chris Weidman. Three of the main card fights are in the featherweight division, including the co-main event where former lightweight champ Frankie Edg...

An injury has forced John Makdessi to withdraw from his meeting with Edson Barboza at UFC 162.

The injury news just keeps coming. Perhaps one of the best fights on the UFC 162 preliminary card featured lightweight strikers John Makdessi and Edson Barboza. Last night it was reported by the UFC Brasil twitter account that Makdessi is out with an injury and will be replaced by Rafaello Oliveira:

Brasil x Brasil no #UFC162. Makdessi deixa o card devido a uma lesao. Agora sera Edson Barboza x ...

Flashy lightweight striker Edson Barboza is back in action this summer as he locks horns with Rafaello Oliveira -- who steps in for the injured John Makdessi -- at the upcoming UFC 162 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for Sat., July 6, 2013, at the MGM Grand Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MMA Fighting brought word of the line-up change earlier today.

Barboza (11-1) saw his rise to ...

John Makdessi has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 162 bout with Edson Barboza due to an unspecified lesion, according to UFC officials.

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An injury has knocked John Makdessi from July's UFC 162 card, and stepping in for him will be Rafaello Oliveira to face Edson Barboza at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

A lightweight bout scheduled for UFC 162 has been changed due to an injury.Edson Barboza will now meet Rafaello Oliveira after John Makdessi, Barboza's original opponent, withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury, MMAFighting.com confirmed with sources close to the fight.

Barboza (11-1) got back on the winning track in January, after suffering the first loss of his career to Jam...

In one of only 2 fights in the lightweight division tonight, TUF 15 winner Michael Chiesa (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) fights Anton Kuivanen (17-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) on the preliminary card of UFC 157 in Anaheim, CA. It's Chiesa's first bout since winning TUF last June, while Kuivanen looks to make it 2 wins in a row.

You're looking at two young lightweights who prefer to grapple instead of strike, which based...

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UFC 156 is not short on lighter weight class matchups, and his 155 lbs tilt is no different. Strikeforce's Isaac Vallie-Flagg (13-3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) takes on Yves Edwards (42-18-1 MMA, 10-6 UFC) in one of 4 preliminary card fights on FX. This is one of three UFC vs. Strikeforce matchups on the FX broadcast.

Vallie-Flagg comes in on a hot-streak while Edwards is only two months removed from a Kno...

Dallas Winston breaks down every match up on this Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view with a granular lens. Dominant champion Jose Aldo defends against featherweight debutante Frankie Edgar in the headliner.

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightw...

Dallas Winston breaks down every match up on this Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view with a granular lens. Dominant champion Jose Aldo defends against featherweight debutante Frankie Edgar in the headliner.

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightw...

The Mandalay Bay will host Saturday's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar pay-per-view event, which is headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending the title against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar in his 145-pound premiere. Elite light-heavyweights top off the stacked main card as former champion Rashad Evans meets Brazilian veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. As usual, the FX channel and...