Brad Tavares vs. Dustin Jacoby Elevated to UFC 137 Main Card

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With UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre unable to compete at UFC 137, BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz was immediately elevated to the main event of the evening, but two other fighters will be benefiting from the shuffling of the deck as well: Dustin Jacoby and Brad Tavares.

The two middleweight fighters will now face off on the main card of the PPV.

Main PPV Televised Card

      Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn
      Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
      Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson
      Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop
      Dustin Jacoby vs. Brad Tavares

Spike TV Preliminary Card

      Donald Cerrone vs. Dennis Siver
      Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski

Facebook Preliminary Card

      Jeff Curran vs. Scott Jorgensen
      Eliot Marshall vs. Brandon Vera
      Danny Downes vs. Ramsey Nijem
      Chris Camozzi vs. Francis Carmont

UFC 137 will take place October 29th from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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