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UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on July 5, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Main card
Middleweight Chris Weidman (c) vs. Lyoto Machida For the UFC Middleweight Championship
Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Alexis Davis For the Women's Bantamweight Championship
Heavyweight Stefan Struve vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight Uriah Hall vs. Thiago Santos
Bantamweight Marcus Brimage vs. Russell Doane
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Bantamweight Urijah Faber vs. Alex Caceres
Welterweight Kenny Robertson vs. Ildemar Alcantara
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Bruno Santos
Bantamweight George Roop vs. Rob Font
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Luke Zachrich vs. Guilherme Vasconcelos
Middleweight Kevin Casey vs. Bubba Bush
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Chris Weidman and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida. The bout was originally scheduled to headline UFC 173 on May 24, 2014. However, the bout was delayed after Weidman sustained a knee injury which required a minor surgery.
A light heavyweight bout between the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva was originally scheduled for UFC 173. However, the fight was moved twice - first being on May 31, 2014 at The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Finale, and now was expected to be contested on this card. Silva was ultimately pulled from the fight entirely after he failed to submit an application to fight in the state of Nevada, as well as his refusal to undergo a random drug test and was replaced by Vitor Belfort. The bout between Sonnen and Belfort was to be contested at middleweight. However, Sonnen subsequently failed his random drug test and was removed from the bout and ultimately retired from the sport. The following day it was announced by MMA writer Kevin Iole that Belfort had also been removed from the card due to the inability of the UFC finding him a new opponent.
Subsequently, the bout between Dan Henderson and Daniel Cormier, briefly linked to this event was moved up to UFC 173, to bolster that event's card.
Santiago Ponzinibbio was expected to face Ildemar Alcântara but was forced out of the bout with a knee injury. He was replaced by Kenny Robertson.
Jun 23 - Updated fight card & background
Wanderlei once was my role model, but the last 5 years he's starting to Loose stars in my life.... But there's still the Weiderman and Machida it's still the fight im looking most forward to anyways !