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UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 27, 2011 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event will be the second that the UFC has hosted in Brazil, since 1998's UFC 17.5: Ultimate Brazil.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
Middleweight Championship: Brazil Anderson Silva (c) vs. Japan Yushin Okami
Light Heavyweight: bout Brazil Mauricio Rua vs. United States Forrest Griffin
Heavyweight bout: Brazil Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. United States Brendan Schaub
Lightweight bout: Brazil Edson Barboza vs. England Ross Pearson
Light Heavyweight bout: Brazil Luiz Cane vs. Bulgaria Stanislav Nedkov
Preliminary Card (televised in Brazil/United States: Spike TV/Canada: Sportsnet/UK: UFC.tv)
Lightweight bout: Brazil Thiago Tavares vs. United States Spencer Fisher
Middleweight bout: Brazil Rousimar Palhares vs. United States Dan Miller
Preliminary Card (televised in Brazil/Facebook)
Welterweight bout: Brazil Paulo Thiago vs. United States David Mitchell
Bantamweight bout: Brazil Raphael Assunção vs. Brazil Johnny Eduardo
Featherweight bout: Brazil Yuri Alcantara vs. Brazil Felipe Arantes
Bantamweight bout: Canada Yves Jabouin vs. United States Ian Loveland
Welterweight bout: Brazil Erick Silva vs. Brazil Luis Ramos
Background
UFC 1, 2, and 4 Tournament winner Royce Gracie was linked to the event, but the rumors were refuted by UFC president Dana White.
Maiquel Falcão was scheduled to take on Tom Lawlor at this event, but was released from the promotion in regard to a 2002 assault charge. Lawlor has now been moved to UFC 139, where he is taking on Chris Weidman.
Mackens Semerzier was expected to face Yuri Alcantara at the event, but was replaced by UFC newcomer Antonio Carvalho. However, Carvalho suffered an injury as well, and has been forced out of the bout. He will be replaced by newcomer Felipe Arantes.
Alexandre Ferreira was expected to face Rousimar Palhares at this event. However, Ferreira was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Dan Miller.
Raphael Assunção was rumored to face Darren Uyenoyama at this event. However, due to Uyenoyama's contractual issues with Shooto, the bout was never signed. Assunção will instead face 15 year veteran Johnny Eduardo.
Mike Swick was scheduled to make his return against debuting Erick Silva on this card. However, on August 4, 2011, it was announced that Swick had to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury and was replaced by Luis Ramos.
UFC 134 will feature two preliminary fights live on Spike TV.
The entire card, including preliminary fights, will be broadcast in Brazil through Pay-per-view channel Globosat Combate and free-to-air by RedeTV!
Joe Rogan will not be doing commentary for this event because of a prior commitment, UFC Featherweight contender Kenny Florian will commentate instead.
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