The fight card for next week’s UFC 116 summer blockbuster headlined by former WWE Superstar and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar’s title defence versus Shane Carwin is complete with today’s official addition of a Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Roberts preliminary-card bout.
UFC officials have now announced the full lineup and the new prelim fight between Forrest Petz and Daniel Roberts. Set to take place on 3rd July at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, UFC 116 promises to be the biggest event of the year so far.
The pay-per-view main card features a heavyweight title-unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Carwin. Additionally, Spike TV airs a one-hour “UFC Prelims” special prior to the main card that features preliminary-card bouts.
Petz (18-7 MMA, 2-3 UFC), a former UFC fighter who returns to the UFC on the heels of a four-fight win streak in outside organizations, replaced injured Julio Paulino (17-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC). His opponent, Roberts (9-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), is an NAIA All-American wrestler who signed with the UFC earlier this year. But at UFC on Versus 1, he served as an injury replacement for Anthony Johnson and suffered a TKO loss to John Howard, which marked his first career loss. The full UFC 116 card is as listed below.
Main Card Bouts
Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin – UFC HW Championship Bout
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
Live on Spike Prelims
Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Un-Aired Prelims
Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Dave Branch vs. Gerald Harris
Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Roberts
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
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