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UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, USA. The event will be the first that the UFC has hosted in San Jose, the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce.
Official fight card
Main card
Light Heavyweight bout: Brazil Maurício Rua vs. United States Dan Henderson
Middleweight bout: Brazil Wanderlei Silva vs. United States Cung Le
Bantamweight bout: United States Urijah Faber vs. United States Brian Bowles
Welterweight bout: Denmark Martin Kampmann vs. United States Rick Story
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Stephan Bonnar vs. United States Kyle Kingsbury
Preliminary card (Televised)
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Ryan Bader vs. United States Jason Brilz
Bantamweight bout: United States Michael McDonald vs. Mexico Alex Soto
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: United States Tom Lawlor vs. United States Chris Weidman
Lightweight bout: Brazil Gleison Tibau vs. Brazil Rafael dos Anjos
Bantamweight bout: United States Miguel Torres vs. United States Nick Pace
Welterweight bout: United States Matt Brown vs. United States Seth Baczynski
Lightweight bout: United States Shamar Bailey vs. United States Danny Castillo
Background
UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was originally expected to have his first title defense against Junior dos Santos at this event. However, on September 2, 2011, the UFC announced that fight would be moved to the inaugural UFC on Fox event.
Vitor Belfort was briefly linked to a matchup with Cung Le at this event. However, Belfort was removed from the bout and replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
Dana White announced that the winner of the main event between Rua and Henderson will likely be in line for a Light Heavyweight title shot.
Johnny Eduardo was expected to face Michael McDonald at the event. However, Eduardo was forced from the card with a shoulder injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Alex Soto.
It was initially suspected that the first Spike TV preliminary fight would feature Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman, but it has become known that it will instead be Michael McDonald fighting UFC newcomer Alex Soto.
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