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UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on August 31, 2013 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Official fight card
Main card
Lightweight Benson Henderson (c) vs. Anthony Pettis For the Lightweight Championship.
Heavyweight Frank Mir vs. Josh Barnett
Featherweight Chad Mendes vs Clay Guida
Heavyweight Ben Rothwell vs. Brandon Vera
Featherweight Erik Koch vs. Dustin Poirier
Preliminary card (FX)
Lightweight Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau
Flyweight Louis Gaudinot vs. Tim Elliott
Welterweight Pascal Krauss vs. Hyun Gyu Lim
Bantamweight Chico Camus vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Heavyweight Soa Palelei vs. Nikita Krylov
Lightweight Ryan Couture vs. Al Iaquinta
Middleweight Jared Hamman vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Background
The main event was expected to be a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between the current champion Benson Henderson and top contender TJ Grant. However, Grant was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Anthony Pettis. Henderson and Pettis met in 2010 at the final event for World Extreme Cagefighting, WEC 53. Pettis defeated Henderson via unanimous decision to win the final WEC Lightweight title in a bout that was widely praised by most circles as the fight of the year.
Co-featured will be a bout between two former UFC Heavyweight Champions, Frank Mir and Josh Barnett.
Ryan Couture was expected to face Quinn Mulhern at the event. However, Mulhern was forced out with a hand injury and was replaced by Al Iaquinta.
Yoel Romero was expected to face Derek Brunson at this event. However, Brunson was forced out with an injury and was replaced by newcomer Brian Houston. Houston ended up also getting injured and Romero was scratched from the card.
Aug 19 - updated fight card & background