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UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 25, 2010 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The event will be the first that the UFC has hosted in Indiana.
Official fight card
Main card
* Heavyweight bout: United States Frank Mir vs. Croatia Mirko Filipović
* Light Heavyweight bout: Brazil Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. United States Ryan Bader
* Welterweight bout: United States Matt Serra vs. United States Chris Lytle
* Lightweight bout: United States Sean Sherk vs. United States Evan Dunham
* Lightweight bout: United States Melvin Guillard vs. United States Jeremy Stephens
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
* Middleweight bout: United States C.B. Dollaway vs. Canada Joe Doerksen
* Heavyweight bout: United States Matt Mitrione vs. United States Joey Beltran
Preliminary card
* Lightweight bout: Brazil Thiago Tavares vs. United States Pat Audinwood
* Lightweight bout: United States Steve Lopez vs. United States Waylon Lowe
* Welterweight bout: Canada TJ Grant vs. United States Julio Paulino
* Heavyweight bout: New Zealand Mark Hunt vs. United States Sean McCorkle
Background
On August 15, 2010, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had to pull out of his bout with Frank Mir due to an injury that will require surgery. It later was reported to be a recurring hip injury. Mirko Filipović has been lined up to replace Nogueira in the main event. Mirko has stated he does not expect to be 100% because of joining the card on late notice, but he did not want to let down his fans or UFC management.
Aaron Riley was expected to face UFC newcomer Pat Audinwood at this event, but Riley was forced from the card with an injury and was replaced by Thiago Tavares.
UFC 119 will feature preliminary fights live on Spike TV.