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UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on November 16, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.Official fight card
Fight CardWelterweight Georges St. Pierre (c) vs. Johny Hendricks For the UFC Welterweight Championship.Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans vs. Chael Sonnen
Welterweight Rory MacDonald vs. Robbie Lawler
Welterweight Josh Koscheck vs. Tyron Woodley
Flyweight Tim Elliott vs. Ali Bagautinov Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)Lightweight Donald Cerrone vs. Evan Dunham
Middleweight Ed Herman vs. Thales Leites
Welterweight Brian Ebersole vs. Rick Story
Bantamweight Erik Perez vs. Edwin Figueroa Preliminary card (Facebook/YouTube)Welterweight Jason High vs. Anthony Lapsley
Bantamweight Will Campuzano vs. Sergio Pettis
Light Heavyweight Gian Villante vs. Cody Donovan BackgroundThe event will commemorate the organization's 20th anniversary. The main event is expected to be a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion Georges St-Pierre and #1 contender Johny Hendricks. Co-featured on the card is a light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen.
Rafael Natal was briefly scheduled to face Ed Herman at the event. However, Natal was pulled from the pairing with Herman in favor of a bout with Tim Kennedy on November 6, 2013 in the event headliner at UFC Fight Night 31. Herman will now face Thales Leites.
A bout between Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem was scheduled for this card, but was moved to UFC 169.
Robert Drysdale was initially scheduled to face Cody Donovan on this card. However, Drysdale was refused a fighting license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) after an out-of-competition drug test revealed that he had an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio of 19.4:1. Donovan will now face Gian Villante.
Vaughan Lee was expected to face Sergio Pettis at this event. However, Lee had to pull out citing an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Will Campuzano.Oct 15 - Updated fight card & background
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Nov 11 - Updated fight card & background
