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UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Official fight card
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Rashad Evans vs. United States Tito Ortiz
Middleweight bout: Brazil Vitor Belfort vs. Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama
Welterweight bout: United States Dennis Hallman vs. United States Brian Ebersole
Middleweight bout: United States Jorge Rivera vs. Cyprus Costantinos Philippou
Welterweight bout: Canada Rory MacDonald vs. United States Mike Pyle
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Matt Hamill vs. Sweden Alexander Gustafsson
Featherweight bout: United States Chad Mendes vs. Brazil Rani Yahya
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Canada Ivan Menjivar vs. United States Nick Pace
Welterweight bout: United States Johny Hendricks vs. United States Mike Pierce
Featherweight bout: United States Mike Brown vs. United States Nam Phan
Middleweight bout: Brazil Rafael Natal vs. United States Paul Bradley
Background
This event was expected to feature Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones' first title defense against former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, but during his win over Mauricio Rua, Jones tore a ligament in his right hand, sidelining him until late 2011.
Nick Pace was originally slated to take on Michael McDonald at this event, before McDonald was pulled to replace Norifumi Yamamoto for a UFC 130 bout with Chris Cariaso. Ivan Menjivar would later step in to face Pace at this event.
A bout between Featherweight Champion José Aldo and Chad Mendes was previously rumored to take place at this event. However, Aldo is expected to be out until October recovering from injuries and Mendes will remain on the card and face Rani Yahya.
Riki Fukuda was scheduled to take on Rafael Natal, but was forced out of the bout due to an injury suffered to his left knee in a car accident and replaced by Costantinos Philippou.
Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson. Matyushenko, however, pulled out of the bout on July 13, 2011 due to an injury and was replaced by Matt Hamill.
Antônio Rogério Nogueira was expected to face Rich Franklin, but pulled out of the bout on July 16, 2011 due to a shoulder injury. Unable to find a suitable replacement on short notice, the UFC pulled Franklin from the card as well.
UFC 133 will feature two preliminary fights live on Spike TV.
-may 24 updated fightcard and background
-june 3 updated fightcard added poster and changed background
-june 21 updated fightcard added new poster and changed background
-july 10 updated fightcard and background
-july 19 updated fightcard added new poster and updated background /dent
-august 1 updated poster
-august 2 updated fight card (rivera/phillipou + natal/bradley)
