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UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on February 1, 2014 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.


Official fight card

Main card

Bantamweight Renan Barão (c) vs. Urijah Faber For Bantamweight Championship title.
Featherweight José Aldo (c) vs. Ricardo Lamas For Featherweight Championship title.
Heavyweight Frank Mir vs. Alistair Overeem
Flyweight John Lineker vs. Ali Bagautinov
Lightweight Jamie Varner vs Abel Trujillo

Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight John Makdessi vs. Alan Patrick
Flyweight Chris Cariaso vs. Danny Martinez
Middleweight Nick Catone vs. Tom Watson
Lightweight Al Iaquinta vs. Kevin Lee

Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)

Middleweight Clint Hester vs. Andy Enz
Lightweight Tony Martin vs. Rashid Magomedov
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Gasan Umalatov


Background

A Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and #1 contender Glover Teixeira was briefly linked as the event headliner. However, just days after the announcement, Dana White indicated that "the timing didn't work out" for the pairing and that fight would take place at a later event.

The event was expected to be headlined by the long awaited return of the Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz. However, on January 6, UFC President Dana White announced that Cruz had torn his groin in training and pulled from the fight. Cruz has also vacated his title, making Barao the undisputed bantamweight champion. Stepping up to replace Cruz will be Urijah Faber.

Co-featured on the card will be UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo defending his title against top contender Ricardo Lamas.

A Heavyweight bout between former Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem, scheduled to take place at UFC 167, was moved to this event.

Bobby Green was expected to face Abel Trujillo at this event. However, Green pulled out of the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner.

Chris Cariaso was expected to face Kyoji Horiguchi at the event. However, Horiguchi pulled out of the bout citing injury. He was replaced by WEC veteran Danny Martinez.


Jan 4 - Updated fight card & background
Jan 21 - Updated fight card & background

Jan 4 - Updated fight card & background

Jan 21 - Updated fight card & background