UFC 149 - Card Updates

[keithlewis]

An injury in training camp for George Roop is another opportunity for Daniel Pineda, who steps up to face Canadian prospect Antonio Carvalho on July 21st in Calgary at UFC 149. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the featherweight match-up.

Also announced for that date, hard-hitting bantamweight Francisco Rivera has verbally agreed to take on quickly-rising Canadian prospect Roland Delorme.


UFC 149: Faber vs. Barão
July 21, 2012
ScotiaBank Saddledome
Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Main Card (Pay-Per-View):

Interim UFC bantamweight championship:
Urijah Faber (26-5) vs. Renan Barão (28-1)

Hector Lombard (31-2-1) vs. Tim Boetsch (15-4)
Court McGee (13-2) vs. Nick Ring (12-1)
Cheick Kongo (17-7-2) vs. Shawn Jordan (13-3)
Siyar Bahadurzada (21-4-1) vs. Chris Clements (11-4)


Preliminary Bouts:

Ryan Jimmo (16-1) vs. Anthony Perosh (13-6)
Bryan Caraway (16-5) vs. Mitch Gagnon (8-1)
Antonio Carvalho (13-5) vs. Daniel Pineda (17-8)
Mitch Clarke (9-1) vs. Anton Kuivanen (16-5)
Claude Patrick (14-2) vs. James Head (8-2)
Roland Delorme (8-1) vs. Francisco Rivera (8-2)

[keithlewis]

Welterweight striker Siyar Bahadurzada is the latest casualty of the UFC 149 injury bug, as he's been forced from his July 21st bout with Chris Clements. Stepping in this month to face "The Menace" in Calgary will be Matthew Riddle.

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[keithlewis]

The summer's outbreak of injuries has spread again on the UFC 149 card, with Canadian Claude Patrick the latest athlete forced out of a planned bout.

Brian Ebersole -- coming off a hard-fought, impressive win at UFC on FX June 22 -- has verbally agreed to step in to face James Head in the welterweight match-up.


UFC 149: Faber vs. Barão
July 21, 2012
ScotiaBank Saddledome
Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Main Card (Pay-Per-View):

Urijah Faber (26-5) vs. Renan Barão (28-1) - Interim UFC Bantamweight Championship
Hector Lombard (31-2-1) vs. Tim Boetsch (15-4)
Court McGee (13-2) vs. Nick Ring (12-1)
Cheick Kongo (17-7-2) vs. Shawn Jordan (13-3)
Matthew Riddle (6-3) vs. Chris Clements (11-4)


Preliminary Card:

Ryan Jimmo (16-1) vs. Anthony Perosh (13-6)
Bryan Caraway (16-5) vs. Mitch Gagnon (8-1)
Antonio Carvalho (13-5) vs. Daniel Pineda (17-8)
Mitch Clarke (9-1) vs. Anton Kuivanen (16-5)
Brian Ebersole (50-14) vs. James Head (8-2)
Roland Delorme (8-1) vs. Francisco Rivera (8-2)