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UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on June 13, 2015 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.
Official fight card
Fight card
Heavyweight Cain Velasquez (c) vs. Fabrício Werdum (ic) UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout.
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez vs. Eddie Alvarez
Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nate Marquardt
Featherweight Yair Rodriguez vs. Charles Rosa
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Angela Hill
Preliminary Card (FX)
Flyweight Chico Camus vs. Henry Cejudo
Lightweight Efrain Escudero vs. Drew Dober
Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez vs. Patrick Williams
Lightweight Francisco Trevino vs. Johnny Case
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Augusto Montaño vs. Cathal Pendred
Featherweight Gabriel Benitez vs. Clay Collard
Welterweight Albert Tumenov vs. Andrew Todhunter
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout between current champion Cain Velasquez and interim champion Fabrício Werdum. The bout was originally expected to take place at UFC 180. However, Velasquez pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury and the event was instead headlined by an interim title bout between Werdum and Mark Hunt.
A lightweight bout between Francisco Trevino and Johnny Case was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver. However, on December 23, it was announced that Trevino had to pull out of the bout due to an injury. The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
Héctor Urbina was expected to face Albert Tumenov at the event. However, Urbina was forced to pull out of the fight due to an arm injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Andrew Todhunter.
Jun 03 - Updated fight card
Jun 09 - Updated fight card & background