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UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le (also known as UFC: Macao) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 10, 2012 at the CotaiArena in Macau, China. It will be the first ever UFC event held in China.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fuel TV)
Middleweight United States Rich Franklin vs South Vietnam Cung Le
Light Heavyweight Brazil Thiago Silva vs Bulgaria Stanislav Nedkov
Welterweight South Korea Dong Hyun Kim vs Brazil Paulo Thiago
Lightweight Japan Takanori Gomi vs United States Mac Danzig
Lightweight China Tiequan Zhang vs Guam Jon Tuck
Bantamweight Japan Takeya Mizugaki vs. United States Jeff Hougland
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight United States Alex Caceres vs. Japan Motonobu Tezuka
Flyweight Japan Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. Brazil John Lineker
Middleweight Japan Riki Fukuda vs. United States Tom DeBlass
Background
As a result of the cancellation of UFC 151, bouts between Takeya Mizugaki vs. Jeff Hougland and John Lineker vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani were rescheduled for this event.
Marcelo Guimaraes was expected to face Hyun Gyu Lim at the event; however, Guimaraes was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by David Mitchell.
Kyung Ho Kang was expected to face Alex Caceres at this event; however, Kang was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Motonobu Tezuka.
sept 26 - updated fightcard & added poster
oct 29 - updated fightcard & background
nov 6 - updated fightcard & background