“UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes” takes place January 14th inside Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena in Brazil. As depicted by the billboard above, featherweight champ Jose Aldo defends his throne against Chad Mendes in the night’s featured attraction.
A middleweight shootout with Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson will serve as the co-main event.
To date, 11 scraps have been confirmed for the show. The organization is expected to announce a twelfth bout for the card shortly.
The pay-per-view broadcast airs live in the United States at 10PM ET/7PM PT.
Here are the athletes slated to appear in the fiesta:
Preliminary Bouts:
Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio Carvalho
Ednaldo Oliveira vs. Rob Broughton
Mike Massenzio vs. Rousimar Palhares
Stanislav Nedkov vs. Fabio Maldonado
Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Pyle
Main Bouts:
Sam Stout vs. Thiago Tavares
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Erick Silva
Terry Etim vs. Edson Barboza
Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson
Chad Mendes vs. Jose Aldo (UFC Featherweight Champion)