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UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on July 6, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Main card
Middleweight Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chris Weidman For the Middleweight Championship.
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Charles Oliveira
Middleweight Tim Kennedy vs. Roger Gracie
Featherweight Dennis Siver vs. Cub Swanson
Preliminary card (FX)
Middleweight Mark Muñoz vs. Tim Boetsch
Middleweight Chris Leben vs. Andrew Craig
Lightweight Norman Parke vs. Kazuki Tokudome
Lightweight Edson Barboza vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Dave Herman
Welterweight Seth Baczynski vs. Brian Melancon
Welterweight Mike Pierce vs. David Mitchell
Background
The main event is expected to be a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between long time title holder Anderson Silva and top contender Chris Weidman
Also, co-featured on the card was expected to be a bout between top featherweight contenders Ricardo Lamas and Chan Sung Jung; however on June 14, it was announced that Jung had been pulled from the Lamas bout and would replace an injured Anthony Pettis to face José Aldo on August 3, 2013 at UFC 163.
A bout between Thiago Silva and Rafael Cavalcante, briefly linked to this event, was moved to UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum.
John Makdessi was expected to face Edson Barboza at the event; however, Makdessi, pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Rafaello Oliveira.
Shane del Rosario was originally scheduled to face Dave Herman at the event; however, del Rosario was forced off the card due to injury and replaced by Gabriel Gonzaga.
June 3 - Updated fightcard & background
June 19 - Updated fightcard & background