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UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on October 19, 2013 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.


Official fight card

Main card

Heavyweight Cain Velasquez (c) vs. Junior dos Santos For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Heavyweight Daniel Cormier vs. Roy Nelson
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shawn Jordan
Flyweight John Dodson vs. Darrell Montague

Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)

Middleweight Tim Boetsch vs. C.B. Dollaway
Welterweight Nate Marquardt vs. Hector Lombard
Women's Bantamweight Sarah Kaufman vs. Jessica Eye
Lightweight George Sotiropoulos vs. KJ Noons

Preliminary card (Facebook/Youtube)

Welterweight TJ Waldburger vs. Adlan Amagov
Lightweight Tony Ferguson vs. Mike Rio
Featherweight Jeremy Larsen vs. Andre Fili
Bantamweight Dustin Pague vs. Kyoji Horiguchi


Background

The main event is expected to be a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos. The two have split their two previous encounters with Dos Santos winning the first bout via first round knockout at UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos and then Velasquez winning the rematch via unanimous decision at UFC 155.

A bout between George Roop and Francisco Rivera was scheduled for this card, but was moved to UFC Fight Night 31 and replaced by Sarah Kaufman vs. Jessica Eye.

Matt Grice was expected to face Jeremy Larsen at the event. However, Grice was forced out of the bout after sustaining serious injuries in a September 8 car accident in his home state of Oklahoma. Grice was replaced by Charles Oliveira who also lost his original opponent, Estevan Payan, due to injury. Subsequently on October 5, Oliveira pulled out of the Larsen bout citing a strained thigh muscle. Larsen will now face promotional newcomer Andre Fili.


Luke Rockhold was expected to face Tim Boetsch at the event. However, Rockhold was forced out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by C.B. Dollaway.



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Looking forward to this event like a kid on xmas