UFC on Versus 6: Aaron Rosa to Battle Fabio Maldonado

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Light heavyweights Aaron Rosa and Fabio Maldonado will compete head-to-head at UFC on Versus 6: Cruz vs. Johnson.

Maldonado is coming off a loss to Kyle Kingsbury in The Ultimate Fighter 13’s “Fight of the Night,” snapping his 11-fight unbeaten streak.

Rosa was TKO’d in his UFC debut by Joey Beltran at UFC 131.

The main event of the evening features a UFC Bantamweight title defenseThe main event of the card, set to be shown live on Versus, will feature bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz defending his title against Demetrious Johnson.

Maldonado (18-4) is 1-1 in the UFC, having defeated James McSweeney before falling to Kyle Kingsbury in a Fight of the Night at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale. The loss snapped an 11-fight win streak by the Brazilian.

The official fight card:

Main card
UFC Bantamweight Championship bout
Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Demetrious Johnson
Pat Barry vs. Stefan Struve
Anthony Johnson vs. Charlie Brenneman
Matt Wiman vs. Mac Danzig

Preliminary card
Michael Johnson vs. Paul Sass
Shane Roller vs. TJ Grant
Yves Edwards vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Mike Easton vs. Jeff Hougland

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