UFC Confirms 10 Fights, Bout Order For UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin

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The UFC confirmed a few bouts as well as the order of the fights for UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin on Tuesday. Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin will square off in a unification belt for the UFC Heavyweight championship. A couple of the under card fights are expected to air on Spike TV prior to the start of the pay-per-view.

Main Card –

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin

Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown

Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar

George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Preliminary Card –

Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer

Goran Reljic vs. Kendall Grove

Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann

Daniel Roberts vs. Julio Paulino

Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola

UFC 116 will take place in Las Vegas on July 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Many have speculated that with the return of Lesnar could spark the biggest buy-rate in the history of the UFC.