5 Fights Signed for UFC 132
Brian Knapp Apr 17, 2011
Ryan
Bader (above) and Tito Ortiz will get it on at UFC 132. | Photo:
Daniel Herbertson
Oft-injured former light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will collide with “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 8 winner Ryan Bader in a featured matchup at UFC 132 “Cruz vs. Faber 2” on July 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Five fights are now official for the event, which will air live on pay-per-view.
Ortiz last appeared at UFC 121 in October, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Matt Hamill at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Winless in his last five appearances, the 36-year-old Santa Ana, Calif., native has not won a fight since he stopped hall of famer Ken Shamrock on first-round punches in October 2006. Ortiz -- whose career has been threatened by back and neck injuries in recent years -- owns notable victories over Brazilian icon Wanderlei Silva, one-time International Fight League titleholder Vladimir Matyushenko, the late Evan Tanner and former UFC light heavyweight champions Forrest Griffin and Vitor Belfort.
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A bantamweight title bout pairing champion Dominick Cruz with Urijah Faber will headline UFC 132. The event will also feature three pivotal lightweight matchups: George Sotiropoulos vs. Evan Dunham, Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman and Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller. Other matches rumored but not yet signed for UFC 132 include a middleweight showdown pairing Silva with Chris Leben, a welterweight tilt pitting Carlos Condit against the unbeaten Dong Hyun Kim and a featherweight duel between the surging Erik Koch and Cub Swanson.
UFC 132 “Cruz vs. Faber 2”
Saturday, July 2
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas
UFC Bantamweight Championship
Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader
George Sotiropoulos vs. Evan Dunham
Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman
Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller
* Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben
* Carlos Condit vs. Dong Hyun Kim
* Erik Koch vs. Cub Swanson
* Andre Winner vs. Anthony Njokuani
* Not Official
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