The UFC set the main card for UFC 133 today, and with such a stacked card, it's inevitable that a couple of very good fights have to be relegated to the preliminary card. Zuffa is rewarding Rory MacDonald and Mike "Quicksand" Pyle for their good work lately with a PPV spot, while guys like Mike Pierce and Johny Hendricks miss out. It will be interesting to see which two bouts make the Spike TV broadcast, assuming there is one.
Aug 6th, live on Pay-per-view from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Main card:
Phil Davis (9-0) vs. Rashad Evans (15-1-1)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) vs. Vitor Belfort (19-9)
Rich Franklin (28-6) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)
Jorge Rivera (19-8) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-8)
Rory MacDonald (11-1) vs. Mike Pyle (21-7-1)
Preliminary card:
Johny Hendricks (10-1) vs. Mike Pierce (12-3)
Alexander Gustafsson (11-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5)
Mike Brown (24-8) vs. Nam Phan (16-8)
Chad Mendes (10-0) vs. Rani Yahya (16-6)
Ivan Menjivar (22-8) vs. Nick Pace (6-1)
Brian Ebersole (47-14-1) vs. Dennis Hallman (50-13-2)
Riki Fukuda (17-5) vs. Rafael "Sapo" Natal (11-3-1)
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