The Official Fight Card for UFC 145, Now Set

The fight card for the upcoming UFC 145 event is now official. “UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans” is composed of 12 bouts, with two preliminary-card bouts to be streamed in Facebook. The main card can be watched via Pay-per-view, while the other four preliminary-card fights is set to air in FX.

UFC 145 will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between titleholder Jon Jones and challenger Rashad Evans. The event will be held at at Atlanta’s Phillips Arena and will take place on April 21, 2012.

The event’s main card also feature a bout between John Alessio and fellow lightweight Mark Bocek. Allesio replaced Matt Wiman, who is suffering from an injury.

Here is UFC 145’s official fight card:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

Champ Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans (for light-heavyweight title)
Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills
Ben Rothwell vs. Brendan Schaub
Michael McDonald vs. Miguel Torres
Mark Hominick vs. Eddie Yagin
John Alessio vs. Mark Bocek

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

Travis Browne vs. Chad Griggs
Matt Brown vs. Stephen Thompson
John Makdessi vs. Anthony Njokuani
Mac Danzig vs. Efrain Escudero

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Chris Clements vs. Keith Wisniewski
Maximo Blanco vs. Marcus Brimage

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