UFC 147
| UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 23, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond | |||
| City |  Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event is expected to take place on June 23, 2012 at Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[1]
Background
The finals in the featherweight and middleweight tournaments of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is expected to be held as well.[2]
The possibility of changing the date or location of UFC 147 has been suggested. The change is due to a conflict with the UN Conference, Rio+20, which will be occurring during the same time frame as the UFC event. At the post-fight press conference for UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva UFC President Dana White said that the situation is being worked on and a final decision has not been reached.[3]
On April 20, according to a published report from Sherdog.com, the event is expected to still take place on June 23, 2012, however the location and venue has changed. The event is now expected to take place at Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte. While the expected rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen would be moved to UFC 148 on July 7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada and the expected co-feature of the Brazilian event, a rematch between Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva would headline the event.[4] On April 24, the changes regarding Silva/Sonnen were confirmed.[5] Plans were then being made for Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who was scheduled to defend his title at UFC 149, to headline this event. However, it was reported April 28, 2012, that Aldo would remain on the UFC 149 card and defend his title against Erik Koch.[6]
On May 26, Vitor Belfort was forced to pull out of the card after breaking his left hand while training.[7] Silva will now face Rich Franklin in a 190 lb catchweight bout.[8] Franklin and Silva faced each other previously in June 2009 at UFC 99, where Franklin defeated Silva via unanimous decision in a bout the earned both participants Fight of the Night honors.
Bouts in the works include:
Official fight card
Main card
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Red Corner | Blue Corner | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |
| Catchweight (190 lb) | Wanderlei Silva
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vs |  Rich Franklin
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| Heavyweight | Fabricio Werdum
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vs | Mike Russow
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| Featherweight | Yuri Alcantara
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vs | Hacran Dias
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Preliminary card
- Featherweight bout: Felipe Arantes vs. Milton Vieira[1]
Announced Bouts
- TUF Brazil: Featherweight Tournament final bout: Godofredo Pepey vs. Rony Jason[9]
- TUF Brazil: Middleweight Tournament final bout: Daniel Sarafian vs. TBA[9]
- Featherweight bout: Hugo Viana vs. John Macapá[10]
- Middleweight bout: Francisco Drinaldo vs. Leonardo Macarrão[11]
References
- ^ a b c "UFC 147". ufc.com. May 9, 2012.
- ^ "TUF Brazil features featherweights and middleweights, tourney finals on PPV". mmajunkie.com. 2012-01-14.
- ^ Martin, Damon (April 14, 2012). "United Nations Conference in Rio Could Force UFC 147 to Change Date or Location". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ Whitman, Mike (April 20, 2012). "UFC to Hold Presser in Rio on Tuesday; Source Says 'Spider' Defense Likely Moving to Las Vegas". sherdog.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ "Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen title fight moved from UFC 147 to UFC 148". mmajunkie.com. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/28462/champ-jose-aldo-vs-erik-koch-title-fight-headlines-ufc-149-in-calgary.mma
- ^ "Vitor Belfort pulled from UFC 147 main event, undergoes surgery for broken hand". mmajunkie.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ "Rich Franklin steps into UFC 147 headliner against Wanderlei Silva". mmajunkie.com. May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ^ a b "Episode No. 11 recap: 'The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil'". mmajunkie.com. June 3, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ "Hugo 'Wolverine' Viana vs. John 'Macapa' Teixeira added to UFC 147 prelims". MMAJunkie.com. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ^ "Massaranduba e Macarrão se enfrentam no UFC 147". SuperLutas.com.br.
