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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson (also known as UFC Fight Night 32) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on November 9, 2013 at the Goiânia Arena in Goiânia, Brazil.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Light Heavyweight Vitor Belfort vs. Dan Henderson
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira vs. Daniel Sarafian
Light Heavyweight Rafael Cavalcante vs. Igor Pokrajac
Welterweight Paulo Thiago vs. Brandon Thatch
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Ryan LaFlare
Featherweight Rony Jason vs. Jeremy Stephens
Preliminary card (Online Prelims)
Featherweight Godofredo Pepey vs. Sam Sicilia
Middleweight Thiago Perpétuo vs. Omari Akhmedov
Lightweight Thiago Tavares vs. Justin Salas
Lightweight Adriano Martins vs. Daron Cruickshank
Flyweight Jose Maria Tome vs. Dustin Ortiz
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a rematch between longtime multi-divisional contenders Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson. Henderson defeated Belfort in their first encounter in 2006 at Pride 32 via unanimous decision.
Thiago Tavares was expected to face Quinn Mulhern at the event. However, Mulhern pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Justin Salas.
Johnny Eduardo and Lucas Martins were originally scheduled to face each other in a bantamweight bout on this card. However, both fighters were injured and the fight was removed from the event.
Nov 1 - updated fight card & background